BEE CULTURE, 73 
return from the fields ; invert the hive, place an empty box 
or hive over it, of the same size and shape, wrapping a sheet 
or cloth around where they come together, leaving no eracks 
large enough for a bee to escape. By gently tapping the 
hive for some time, most of the bees, with the queen, will 
enter the upper box. When they have nearly all left the 
hive, place the upper box with the bees on the old stand.— 
Being alarmed and filled with honey, they may be handled 
without fear. 
The old hive may now be removed to a convenient room or 
building, and taken to pieces, by cutting off the nails with a 
cold chisel and prying off the ends, eutting the combs when 
taken out as near as possible to the size of the frames to be 
used. The transferring board (Fig. 47) should be placed 
upon a table or box, to be in a convenient position for 
working over it. 
The pieces of combs containing honey may be placed at 
one side till some with brood are found ; this should be put 
upon the transferring board (Fig. 47), so that when the frame 
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Fie. 46.— Wired Sticks for Transferring. 
is placed in position over it, the brood may be nearly in the 
same position as it oceupied in the old hive and near the top 
of the frame, as that will be the warmest position in the 
hive. With a honey knife (Fig. 28) cut these combs to 
make them fit. If more are wanted to fill the frame, use the 
combs of honey first removed from the hive. Then push the 
ends of the sticks, (Fig. 46, 0,) that have no wire attached, 
through the grooves, from the bottom of the frames, where 
the combs may need support; the other sticks attached, place 
on the top of the comb, and fasten the ends together at the top 
of the frame, as seen in Fig. 45, to match the fastenings 
below. Place this frame in the hive, and proceed in 
the same manner with the next brood comb, and let it occupy 
the adjoining position in the hive, giving the frames contain- 
ing honey the outside position on either side. The honey 
from pieces of comb not used, and especially from all drone 
comb, should be removed with the Extractor 
