Automatic Transferring 



Years ago Mr. James Heddon used a method of transferring bees 

 from box hives that he called "Modern Transferring." It consisted 

 in drumming the bees out of the box hive, and hiving them in a hive 

 furnished with wired foundation. He then set the old hive by the side 

 of the new one, where it was left for three weeks, or until all of the 

 brood had hatched, when he again drummed the bees from the old hive 

 and united them with those in the new hive. The old hive was now 

 free from brood and bees, and the combs could be cut out at one's leisure, 

 and rendered into wax. 



There is another "modern" plan that does away with the drumming 

 out of the bees. Turn the box hive upside down, set a hive of combs 

 over it, and the bees and Cjueen will soon go up into this hive of combs 

 and start to rearing brood. This action on the part of the bees and 

 queen can be hastened by placing a comb of brood in the upper hive. 

 They will go up without the brood, but probably not C|uite so soon. 

 When the queen is found above, place a queen-excluding honey-board 

 bciicatli the upper hive, between that and the old box hive. This will 

 prevent the queen from returning to the old hive, and, as the brood 

 hatches in the box hive, the young bees will join those in the upper 

 hive, until, at the end of three \veeks, all of the brood will have hatched. 

 An inverted bee escape-board (containing a bee-escape) can now be 

 placed between the two hives, when all of the bees will soon find their 

 wa\- up into the upper hive, and the old box will be entirely free from 

 brood and bees and can be removed to the honey-house, and the combs 

 made into wax. Of course, the queen-excluder and the bee-escape will 

 be removed from under the new hive, which will now sit in the place 

 occupied by the old box hive. 



