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EXESriES OF BEES. 



without top or bottom. Take out the next frame, and hold 

 it down in the top hive, and shake or brush the bees into 

 the lower one. As the frames should be put back into the 

 hive in the same relative position, it is well to number 

 them before any are removed. 



When the bees have been taken from all the combs in 

 tura, the latter may be put away to freeze. Each comb 

 should be separated from the others, at least several 

 inches, unless they can have plenty of time to freeze. 



Combs, close together as they are in the hive, wiU. re- 

 main warm a long time. After being sufficiently frozen, 

 they must be warmed for several hours before they are in 

 proper condition to receive the bees. The comb left with 

 the bees must undergo the same process. If preferred, one 

 half the combs may be taken first, and then changed for 

 the other half. In case you have more good colonies than 

 you care to keep, you may kill the bees, freeze the combs, 

 and transfer the colonies into them to remain ; it will save 

 transferring once. 



The bees, not comprehending what all the shaking is a- 

 bout, will become very indignant at the unnecessary abuse, 

 especially when it is repeated at the second transfer. 



Could a cheap freezing mixture of proper intensity be 

 applied for a length of time sufficient to freeze to the cen- 

 tre, the operation might be performed in November, or as 

 soon as all the brood is hatched. 



K all the bee-keepers in a neighborhood, town or county, 

 could be induced to do this persevenngly for a year or 

 two, it is plain that the extermination would be so nearly 

 complete, that it would take a long time for the moths to 

 regain their former position. 



Any one situated a goodly distance from neighboring 

 bees, would find the summer pretty well advanced before 

 there was even any appearance of moths. What the dif- 

 ference would be, on the .average, in the prosperity of out 



