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Fic. 16—A SINGLE aND DousLe-WaLLepD Hive 
newly formed beeswax. Before this wax can be made a large amount 
of honey must be consumed by the bee. A careful observer has found 
that it requires 20 pounds of honey to produce 1 pound of wax. Count- 
ing honey at 15 cents per pound and beeswax at 30 cents per pound, 
you will see how important it is to use full sheets of foundation in- 
stead of narrow strips as starters as has been recommended by many 
beekeepers in the past. It should be the object of every beekeeper to 
save his bees from producing more wax than is really necessary, for 
every pound of beeswax produced in the hive costs the beekeeper 
$2.70, to say nothing of the time and energy required by the bees 
to produce it. 
Having decided that it is not economical to keep 
Transferring from bees in the box or log gum, and that the use of 
the box or log brimstone to kill the bees whenever honey is to 
gum to modern be taken is extravagance, we want to start aright, 
hives and suggestions as to how to transfer with the 
least inconvenience are in order. Lighting your 
smoker and putting a bee veil over your face, approach the box or 
gum, puffing a little smoke into the entrance. The modern hive is 
placed in the exact position of the old one. The log gum is split 
apart or the box hive is opened and the larger pieces of comb with the 
bees are removed and placed into the frames of the new hive. These 
pieces are held in place by wire, strings or sticks. After all the larger 
pieces of comb have been placed in the new frame the surplus bees 
may be shaken on a piece of cloth spread at the entrance to the new 
hive. The operator should take pains to see that the queen gets into 
the new hive uninjured. A little smoke now and then may be used 
