HINTS ON WORKING THE BEES 8: 
Transporting Bees.—When hives are sent 
any distance care must be taken that venti- 
lation is afforded above as well as below the bees. 
The reason for this is obvious; there must be 
a way for the escape of hot air which rises to 
the top of the hive. This can be secured by 
placing coarse linen cheese cloth or a sheet of 
perforated zinc under a thin porous quilt. 
All loose parts of a bar-frame hive should 
be made thoroughly secure before the hive is 
dispatched. Skep hives should be packed 
bottom upwards in a crate. 
Swarms and driven bees should be sent 
away as soon as possible after swarming and 
driving are completed, for, as we already have 
pointed out, bees can only carry sufficient food 
to meet one day’s requirements. 
It should be an accepted rule, therefore, 
that when a hive is received from a distance 
the bees should be fed immediately. 
When bees are moved about regularly 
from one district to another it is advisable 
that the hive should be fitted with a short 
alighting board and thus take up less space 
in the conveyance. 
