56 PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING 
it should be a 25 per cent solution of Calvert’s 
No. 5. 
The transference of the swarm to the frame 
hive should be left until evening. The frame 
hive must be prepared with the full number of 
frames filled with whole sheets of foundation, and 
a division board. Cover the frames with quilts, 
consisting of a Sheet of strong calico at the bottom 
with a three-inch circular hole for the feeder, 
and three good felt wrappers above. Block up 
the front of the hive about an inch from the 
floor-board, and make a sloping platform up to 
the entrance. This platform may consist of a flat 
hive roof covered with a tablecloth, and on it 
the bees should be thrown, as close to the entrance 
as possible. Jerk them gently from the skep, and 
when all have entered the hive-front may be 
lowered. Owing to the heated state of the bees 
it is best to remove all the quilts except the 
bottom one for twenty-four hours, after which 
time they may be replaced. Give food, however, 
in the form of syrup, and continue to do so until 
all the combs have been built out and honey is 
available. 
When replacing the quilts on the second day 
contract the hive with the division board to the 
number of frames occupied by, the bees. Add 
additional frames to the cluster when required, 
until all have been drawn out. Then if honey is 
abundant a super may, be put on over a sheet 
of excluder zinc. 
