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now taken off and a few frames {E) removed from the center of the 

 hive. If unspaced frames are used, those remaining in the hive 

 should be pushed tightly to either side of the hive, thus making a 

 barrier beyond which the bees can not crawl as they move to the top 

 of the hive after shaking. This largely prevents them from getting 

 on the outside of the hive. If self-spacing frames are used, a couple 

 of thin boards laid on the top bars on either side will accomplish the 

 same result. The runway {D) is put in place in front of the entrance. 

 The old hive is now opened for the first time. The frames are 

 removed one at a time, lowered part way into the new hive, and with 

 a quick downward shake the bees are dislodged. The frames are 

 then put into the extra hive body (C) and immediately covered to 

 prevent robbing. After all the frames are shaken the bees remaining 

 on the sides of the old hive {A) are shaken out. 



Fig. 6. — ^Apparatus for the shaking treatment : A, Hive containing diseased colony (for- 

 merly in position of B) ; B, clean hive ; G, empty hive to receive combs after shaking ; 

 D, hive cover used as runway ; E, frames removed from B to give room for shaking ; 

 Ft queen and drone trap; 0-, cover tor clean hive, B. (Original.) 



If honey is coming in freely, so that thin honey is shaken out of 

 the combs, cover the runway (Z>) with newspapers and shake the bees 

 in front of the new hive {B), leaving all frames in place and the 

 cover on. After the operation the soiled newspapers should be de- 

 stroyed. In shaking in front of the entrance the first one or two 

 frames should be so shaken that the bees are thrown again, t the 

 entrance, where they can locate the hive quickly. They thei fan 

 their wings and. the others follow them into the hive. If this is 

 not done the bees may wander about and get under the hive or in 

 some other undesirable place. 



After the bees are mostly in the new hive a queen and drone trap 

 {F) or a strip of perforated zinc is placed over the entrance to 

 prevent the colony from deserting the hive. The queen can not 

 pass through the openings in the perforated zinc and the workers 

 will not leave without her. By the time that new combs are built 

 and new brood is ready to be fed, any contaminated honey carried 

 by the bees into their new hive will have been consumed and the 



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