212 FIFTY TEAES AMONG THE BEES 



Another way is a little easier to do, and it is a little better, 

 although a little harder to describe. Take a piece of wire cloth 

 2% times as long as it is wide. Mark a point at the middle of 

 one of the longer sides, and on the other side mark a point 

 half way from each end to the middle, as shown in the. figure. 

 Make a fold at each of the dotted lines. The wire cloth may 

 be cut away at the two outside dotted lines, or, what is better, 

 the end pieces may be folded over and sewed down. Now 

 bring the two parts of the upper margin together and sew with 

 wire, and then proceed to fasten, the tent in place as before. 

 In this latter case, of course, a hole must be cut in the top of 



the. tent. Before the tent is sewed together, cut a slit about 

 an inch deep in the two dotted lines at the top, and then fold 

 out the three points. 



When one of these tent-escapes is placed on a pile of 

 supers, or on a hive containing bees, the bees will pass out 

 freely at the top, but the bees that try to get in attempt to 

 make the entrance further down. Once in a great while there 

 will gather a bunch of the outgoing bees at the top so as to 

 clog the exit, and then the robbers will settle on this bunch 

 of bees and work their way in, but a little smoke will scatter 

 the bunch of bees. 



But bees are persevering creatures, and are not likely to 

 stay scattered. In that case it is a good thing to put twQ es- 

 capes over the pile, a larger one over a smaller one. The piece 

 of wire cloth used in making some of mine is 22 x 9% inches, 

 and in others it is 14 x 6. The smaller ones seem to work just 

 as well as the larger, and it is a convenience to have the two 



