climb. Smoke the bees from below and drum on the sides of the hive, 

 near the bottom at first. After drumming a few minutes and using the 

 smoker occasionally, a cluster of bees will be found in the box when it is 

 taken ofE the box-hive. The beekeeper should search carefully among the 

 bees in this cluster to see if the queen is present; if she cannot be found 

 in the cluster, shake the bees out in front of the new hive on a light cloth 

 or paper and as the Ijees enter the hive, watch to see if the queen is among 

 them. 



To succeed with the lieddon method tlie queen must be drummed out 

 from iJie hox-hive and introduced into the movable-frame hive. If the 

 beekeeper is not quite sure that he will be able to recognize the queen, 



The Self Transfer Method, Movable-Frame Body on Top. 



he should place a drone-trap or a piece of queen-excluder at the entrance 

 of the new hive; in this way he will be certain to find the queen if she is 

 present. 



When the queen and about two-thirds of the bees have been drummed 

 out, turn the box-hive right side up, replace the cover and set it on its 

 bottom-board directly behind the new hive, with the entrance at right 

 angles to the entrance of the new hive. 



After twenty-one days the worker brood in the old hive will have 

 emerged and the remaining bees can then be drummed out, by the same 

 method as that formerly used. These bees should be united with those 

 in the movable-frame hive. "\^T:ien uniting the two lots, smoke the bees 

 in the new hive a little and they will unite with the newcomers without 



