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to labor with far greater activity than any of my old stocks. . . . 

 I have now no stronger colonies than these, which I considered 

 of little value till my acquaintance with this new hive."— Ohio 

 Farmer, Dec. 12, 1857. 



Let not the novice, however, think that transferring bees 

 is a task that requires but little skill. He who transfers suc- 

 cessfully a large number of colonies may be called an expert in 

 handling bees. 



The process, as it has been conducted by careless Apiar- 

 ists, has resulted in the wanton sacrifice of thousands of 

 colonies. 



681. For the benefit of those who are timid in manipu- 

 lations, we will give Mr. .Jas. Heddon's method for trans- 

 ferring, (page 562 of "Gleanings" 1885). About swarming 

 time (406) Mr. Heddon drives the old queen and a major- 

 ity of the bees into the forcing-box, he then removes the 

 old hive a few feet back, and places the new hive with 

 frames full of foundation (674) on its stand, and " runs 

 in " the forced swarm. It would be well to return a part 

 of the bees to the old hive, as its brood might be chilled if 

 the weather becomes cool. 



Twenty-one days after the transfer of the bees, he drives 

 the old hive clean of all its bees, uniting them with the 

 former drive. As the worker brood of the old hive is all 

 hatched, there is nothing left in it but the combs and the 

 honey, which can be transferred at leisure in cool weather, 

 or, the honey may be extracted (749), and the comb melted 

 into wax (858). 



Ovi-Apiaries. 



582. When an Apiarist wishes to make bee-culture his 

 special occupation, he should expect to keep bees in more 

 than one location. If he owns more than 120 colonies, we 

 would advise his establishing an Out-Apiary. It is true 



