TRANSPORTING BEES SHORT DISTANCES. 815 
venient. Of late years, Mr. A. I. Root, and others, have 
practiced the shipping of bees by the pound, with or with- 
out queens, to stock Apiaries. Their wire-cloth cages 
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or boxes for shipping bees, are just the thing for hauling 
natural swarms, if made large enough (fig. 101). 
The bees may be shut up in the box as soon as they are 
hived. New swarms require even more air than old colonies, 
being full of honey and closely clustered together. They 
should be set in a cool place, and, if the weather is very 
sultry, should not be removed until night. Many swarms 
are suffocated by the neglect of these precautions. The 
bees may be easily shaken out from this temporary hive. 
When movable-comb hives are sent away to receive a 
swarm, two strips of wood, with pieces nailed to them, to go 
between the frames and keep them apart, should be laid 
over the frames, or they may be tacked fast in their proper 
places. 
The enamel-cloth (352) should be fastened on, by nail- 
ing strips all around over it. 
For the further preparation of hives to receive swarms, 
see (421). 
