the side open, after first cutting the comb away so that it will not be 

 broken when the side of the hive is torn off. With the aid of the board, 

 which should be a little larger than the frame, we are ready to transfer 

 all the good worker combs from the box-hive to the frames. Lay two 

 or three pieces of string under a frame which should be placed on the 

 board, take a piece of the comb from the box-hive and lay it ov^r the 

 frame and with a sharp knife trim the comb until it can be fitted tightly 

 into the frame, secure the combs firmly in place by tying the string 

 around them in two or three places and put these frames with the comb 

 into the new hive. The bees will fasten the comb to the frames with wax. 

 In selecting the combs to be transferred take first the worker comb with 

 brood, next, the straightest of the empty worker comb, and then, if 

 necessa'ry, one or two frames of comb filled with honey. Do not use any 

 drone comb. Fill the hive with frames of drawn comb or foundation 

 if more frames are needed. 



The bowl will receive all pieces of broken comb and the honey in this 

 can be used indoors. Use plenty of clean water and you will not find this 

 method a very sticky one, but never attempt it unless you have plenty of 

 water and all necessary appliances ready, and honey flow is on. 



Some beekeepers tear the hive to pieces and transfer the combs without 

 drumming the bees out at all. In doing this they destroy a great many 

 bees and the operator cannot work nearly as rapidly when there are so 

 many bees crawling around. It is better to drum the bees out first. 



The direct method has an advantage over the " Heddon and Self 

 Transfer Methods " in completing the whole of the transferring at once and 

 in saving the best of the old combs. If the combs in the box-hive are 

 not too old this is quite a saving to the colony as it is not necessary for 

 the bees to build so much new comb. The old box-hive should be removed 

 and destroyed on completing the transfer. 



Transferring From Barrels, Hollov? Logs, etc; 



When the bees are housed in a barrel, a section of hollow log, or other 

 make-shift for a hive, which, on account of its form, may not lend itself 

 easily to one of the methods just explained, the following plan is recom- 

 mended. 



Eemove part of the head or top of the barrel and turn it upside down, 

 saw the barrel off close to the combs and tilt as in the case of the box- 

 hives. Elevate the new hive so that the bottom board is even with the 

 upper edge of the barrel. Blow smoke in at the bottom of the inverted 

 barrel and drum on the sides, blowing in occasional puffs of smoke, until 

 all the bees have run up into the new hive. See that the ends, or edges, 

 of the combs in the barrel face the entrance of the hive and are not turned 

 broadside. The bees between the combs will not linger so long if the 



