3o6 A Modern Bee- Farm 



Shade must be provided in hot weather, with more ven- 

 tilation than at other times. Bees are lost more from 

 want of ventilation in travelling than from any other 

 reason, and due provision should be made according to 

 the number of occupants in the receptacle which may be 

 provided. If sacking can be arranged to give shade and 

 at the same time exclude light without interfering with 

 the admission of air, bees will travel and stand confine- 

 ment very much better than where they are continually 

 striving to get out, and thus to a great extent impeding 

 free circulation of air. 



Packing: Stocks. 



Before inverting the hive, fasten a thin board along the 

 whole length of the hive at the ends of the frames, over- 

 lapping these at least one inch. A piece of porous 

 sacking is first to be ^placed above the frames and held in 

 position by a few tacks till the slips of wood are fixed. 

 With the left hand find where the frame ends come, and 

 with a bradawl bore a hole through the thin board into 

 each bar ; then insert French r\&i\s pressed not quite home. 

 Screws are to be used with this exception, as little 



hammering should be allowed for fear of injuring the 



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 comb attachments. 



We have to provide for a free circulation of air under, 



after the hive is inverted ; therefore on each upper side,. 



parallel with the frames, thick strips of wood are to be 



screwed, so that these only will rest on the ground when 



turned over. The entrance may be closed with perforated 



zinc before or after as is most convenient. The packing 



can take place several days before moving, if desired, 



leaving only the entrance to be closed on the eve of 



departure. In very hot weather for long journeys 



additional ventilation should be provided by holes bored 



