342 A Modern Bee-Farm 



him with the importance of leaving none of the honey in 

 any way exposed, 



When to Hive the Bees. 



One is so often told that it is desirable to place the bees 

 in their new hive the same evening they are brought home, 

 that I think it necessary to show how robbing need not 

 occur, even if combs wet from extracting are given to them 

 at the middle of a warm day. It is considered that when 

 put in during the evening all the bees congregate to the 

 hive, but they would not in the daytime, besides being 

 liable to get robbed out. 



The fact is, with cool evenings often experienced in 

 autumn, many bees are lost by not being able to note 

 their location ; whereas in the middle of the day they 

 gradually settle down to the one spot like a new swarm 

 and not one is lost, while the bee-keeper is able to find 

 his extra queens, and is in no trouble about darkness 

 coming upon him before he has half finished. 



Place the Frame-hives in Position, 



quite empty, and shoot in the bees, taking care that only 

 one queen is left to preside over the two, three, or more 

 lots united. Now get your stored combs or those fresh 

 from the extractor, and arrange them in position ; put on the 

 quilt and cover all securely, leaving the entrance several 

 inches wide. As the stored combs are given just before 

 closing no robber bees are on hand ; but where empty 

 combs or foundation have to be inserted, feed carefully 

 until the hive is well supplied. 



Taking average lots, the number to put together to 

 make a fair stock should be as follows, according to the 

 manner in which their house may be furnished — with 



