T+ BEE CULTURE. 
Carry the new hive to the old stand, and empty the bees 
out of the box on a sheet, in front of the hive. See that the 
queen, as well as all the bees, enter it. To prevent robbing, 
the entrance should be contracted ; and in two or three days, 
when the bees have fastened the combs, the transferring 
sticks should be removed. Always work slowly with the 
bees, and avoid jarring. 
TRANSFERRING FROM A MOVABLE-FRAME HIVE. 
When it is desired simply to transfer from one style of 
frame to another, smoke the bees well, and after finding the 
queen and putting her in a tumbler or some secure place, 
take a frame, and shake or brush the bees off into the new 
hive ; place the frame upon the transferring board (Fig. 47) 
and cut out the comb; place the new frame over it and cut 
Fie. 47.—Transferring Board. 
to suit that frame, in the best way possible. Then fasten as 
before described with wired sticks, (Fig. 46); after thus 
transferring all the combs, proceed to hive the bees as above 
directed, letting the queen loose upon one of the brood combs 
as soon as they are transferred. 
UNITING WEAK COLONIES. 
Weak colonies may be united after smoking them well, by 
removing the combs with adhering bees and placiag them 
together in one hive, spraying them with peppermint water 
by an atomizer (Fig. 38), to give them all the same scent, 
Give them ventilation and close the entrance till sunset, 
placing them where the strongcr of the two colonies stood, 
Swarms issuing the same day can be united peaceably, 
