250 Methods of Hiving. 



this gives the best results, even if we do not care for increase 

 — we remove the old hive one side, and turn it entirely 

 around, so that the entrance that was east is now west. We 

 now place a new hive with five or six empty frames, which 

 have narrow starters, right where the old hive previously 

 stood, in which the caged queen is put. We fill the extra 

 space in this hive with division boards, and set on it the 

 crate of sections previously placed on the old hive; or in case 

 this colony that just swarmed had not previously received 

 a case of sections, we place a case with a queen-excluding 

 honey board on the hive where the new swarm is now to 

 enter. 



As this colony has no comb in the brood chamber, only 

 foundation starters, and has sections with comb or thin 

 foundation, the bees will commence to work vigorously in 

 the sections, especially as the brood chamber is so restricted. 

 This idea originated with Messrs. Doolittle and Hutchin- 

 son, and is fully explained in "Comb Honey," Mr. 

 Hutchinson's excellent little work, which should be in the 

 hands of every comb honey producer. 



The hive from which the swarm issued^now close 

 beside the hive with the new colony — should be turned a 

 little each day so that by the eighth day the entrance will 

 be as before to the east or close to that of the otlier hive. 

 On the eighth day this hive is carried to some distant part 

 of the bee-yard. Of course all the bees that are gather- 

 ing — and by this time they are numerous — will go to the 

 other hive, which will so weaken the still queenless colony 

 that they will not care to send out another or second swarm, 

 and so will destroy all remaining queen-cells and queens 

 after the first queen comes forth. This is a quick easy way 

 to prevent after or second swarms. It originated with Mr. 

 James Heddon, and I find that, with rare exception, it 

 works well. I believe where one is with his bees, this last 

 described plan is the most profitable that the bee-keeper 

 can adopt. Sometimes the mere introducing of a new 

 queen into the old hive will prevent any farther swarming. 

 The queen at once destroys the queen-cells. 



Some extensive apiarists, who desire to prevent increase 

 of colonies, when a colony swarms, cage the old queen, 



