THE HONEY-FLOW 163 
is simply a square of cloth saturated with weak 
carbolic acid, the most detested, loathsome thing 
in bee-comity. Directly the comb-frames are laid 
bare these cloths are drawn over them, and in a 
few moments every bee has crowded down terror- 
stricken into the lower regions of the hive, leaving 
the honey-chamber free for instant and swift 
manipulation. 
