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In addition to the bees and hives one will need at the be- 

 ginning a few supplies, such as a smoker, a bee veil, a hive 

 tool, some sheets of comb foundation, queen cages, etc. 



The hives should be arranged far enough apart to allow of 

 easy movement of the beekeeper between the hives without 

 disturbing the bees in flight. Shade is desirable if it can be 

 had; the hives are well placed in a grove of kiawe trees, if 

 the latter are of more or less open growth. Accessibility 

 should also be considered, that is, the apiary, if large, should 

 not be located too far away from the road, and yet not so near 

 that any animal passing is likely to be stung by the bees. 



Some other ways of acquiring bees should be mentioned. The 

 chance discovery of a strong swarm of bees often leads one 

 into beekeeping. The successful hiving of a swarm depends 

 somewhat upon its location. Usually the swarm alights on 

 the branch of a tree, and in this case the limb can be cut down 

 and the bees shaken oS in front of a hive previously prepared 

 for their habitation. If the swarm alights high, or it is not 

 desired to sacrifice the branch on which it rests, the bees can 

 be shaken into a bag on the end of a pole and the bag emptied 

 before the hive, or the bees may be emptied into the hive. 

 In preparing a hive for the bees it is always advisable to place 

 in it one frame containing honey and some very young brood. 

 Under these circumstances the bees never desert their home 

 and are in a position to provide for their need in case anything 

 has happened to their queen. 



It is a very common occurrence in this country for bees to 

 build their nest in the walls or ceiling of some one's home. 

 This is very annoying to the inhabitants and yet the bees 

 can be removed without damage to the home and at very 

 little expense to a beekeeper, in the following way. Take a 

 bee hive and place in it one or two combs containing both 

 young brood and honey, also one or two sheets of comb foun- 

 dation, a queen bee and a handful or two of working bees. 

 Place the hive thus prepared so that the entrance to the hive 

 is close to where the bees enter the house. If the bees have 

 several exits from the house all but one must be blocked and 

 that one fitted with a bee-escape- If the work is done well 

 the bees can get out but cannot return and each bee as it goes 

 out to work not being able to get into the house will enter 

 the hive It will take from three to four weeks to get the 

 ast of the young bees out but when all are at last out the 

 r.'ttf'Tf ?vf '^'^°Z'^ ^"d the much strengthened colony 

 returned to the apiary. At the same time, the performance of 

 a neighborly act brings a mutual benefit 



