2 MANAGEMENT OF OUT-APIARIES 



turning back one corner of the wet cloth. A loud roar soon told that this 

 colony was in good condition. A rope was now put under the cleats to the 

 hive, when the same was carried to the bee-yard (Mr. Clark on one side, 

 Doolittle on the other), and set down by the side of the stand it was to 



USE OF ROPE IN CARRYING A HIVE. 



occupy. The crate staples which held the bottom-board to the hive were 

 now pulled out by a prying motion with a piece of wagon-spring, fitted 

 so it would just slip through between the wood of the hive and the top of 

 the staple; then a little more smoke was used to drive the bees back so they 

 would not be in too big haste to come out of the hive when the same was 



REMOVING THE STAPLES. 



lifted from the bottom-board it had previously occupied, to the one on its 

 own stand. The use of smoke in this way I consider of great advantage; 

 for since so using 1 have had no mixing of bees on their first flight, no mat- 

 , ter about wind, clouds, or how warm the day was ; nor Avhether each hive 

 was set on its old stand or not. I see by the bee papers that others have 

 much trouble with liees piixing when setting out, so that a part of the hi\-es 

 have colonies strong beyond measure, and other hives correspondingly 

 weak, as used to be the case Ax'ith uie before adopting this smoking plan.i 



1 Other proc;mtion.>i, which will rediif.e the tendency cif the bees to drift into the 

 wrong hives when taking their first flight, lire opening the door and windows, if there 

 are any, of the cellar during the night previous to setting the bees out, and contract- 



