BEE CULTURE, 79 
of two or more in the box; place the box in the shade until 
the next morning, then push the cover lengthwise of the box 
and you will see each colony clustered by themselves. Put 
a division board between each cluster, after which push back 
the cover over the box and set. it where you wish to hive the 
bees. Place the hive in a convenient position to receive the 
bees, push the box cover back from over the first cluster, 
carefully drawing out the frames from the box, for the bees 
build comb twenty-four hours or less from the time hived. 
On some of the frames you will find comb ; place those frames 
with bees on, into the hive. This will start a roar in the 
hive; the rest of the bees ean be removed with a feather. 
When all the bees are in the hive, place it where you wish it 
to stand, and proceed with other clusters in a similar 
manner.” 
Mr. J. W. Bailey, of Wisconsin, makes “ swarm catchers ” 
of wire cloth nailed to a frame (fig. 49), and thinks them the 
most valuable assistant for the apiary. 
Fig. 49.—Bailey’s Swarm Catcher. 
Mr. J. 8. Hill, of Ohio, uses a swarm catcher, the bag of 
which is made of factory, having a handle of cloth on the 
inside as well as the out—making it reversible (fig. 50). 
With a long wooden pole it will reach any swarm, and when 
the bees are emptied in front of the hive, the handle on the 
outside gives the apiarist control of it, and when turned. in- 
side-out, a handle is still on the outside, as it has two. 
