HIVING SWARMS IN HIGH TREES. 



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of my readers will follow her example. I have used some 

 time for this purpose a bag made with stifF black leno 

 stitched. Around the mouth I attach a little very thick 

 wire, to prevent it closing when being used ; the bag is 

 then fastened or nailed near the top of a long pole made 

 of deal wood, about g feet in length and 2 inches in 

 thickness, or like a clothes-prop, but at the summit, about 

 6 inches above the bag, I nail a bit of wood to prevent the 

 pole from splitting, as well as to act as a hammer, to beat 

 or shake the bough on which the swarm is settling. The 



MODE OF SECURING A SWARM OF BEES. 



above illustration will fully explain how to make and 

 work the bag. To the wire ring, if desired —although 



