THE APIARY. 
to rabor with far greater activity than any of my old stocks.... 
Ihave now no stronger colonies than these, which I considered 
of little value till my acquaintance with this new hive.”—Ohio 
Farmer, Dec. 12, 1857. 
Let not the novice, however, think that transferring bees 
is a task that requires but little skill. He who transfers suc- 
cessfully a large number of colonies may be called an expert in 
handling bees. 
The process, as it has been conducted by careless Apiar- 
ists, has resulted in the wanton sacrifice of thousands of 
colonies. 
681. For the benefit of those who are timid in manipu- 
lations, we will give Mr. Jas. Heddon’s method for trans- 
ferring, (page 562 of ‘‘Gleanings’’ 1885). About swarming 
time (406) Mr. Heddon drives the old queen and a major- 
ity of the bees into the forcing-box, he then removes the 
old hive a few feet back, and places the new hive with 
frames full of foundation (674) on its stand, and ‘‘ runs 
in’? the forced swarm. It would be well to return a part 
of the bees to the old hive, as its brood might be chilled if 
the weather becomes cool. 
Twenty-one days after the transfer of the bees, he drives 
the old hive clean of all its bees, uniting them with the 
former drive. As the worker brood of the old hive is all 
hatched, there is nothing left in it but the combs and the 
honey, which can be transferred at leisure in cool weather, 
or, the honey may be extracted (749), and the comb melted 
into wax (858). 
Out—Apiaries. 
&82. When an Apiarist wishes to make bee-culture his 
special occupation, he should expect to keep bees in more 
than one location. If he owns more than 120 colonies, we 
would advise his establishing an Out-Apiary. It is true 
