146 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



affecting the sight, hence I prefer the veil. I would 

 recommend all persons to provide several, by getting 

 cheap summer hats and trimming them with veils; 

 keep them in some convenient, dry place near the 

 entrance of the apiary. If a visitor who is fearful 

 of being stung, wishes to look into the apiary, he 

 can don a screen or veil, and examine all the curiosi- 

 ties without any fear. A sense of perfect security 

 against the attacks of the bee renders the most timid 

 very courageous ; in fact, if it was generally under- 

 stood that there is no positive necessity for being 

 stung in the management of bees, ten would engage 

 in it for one that does so at present. 



HOW TO TRANSFER. 



Should you wish to transfer a colony from an or- 

 dinary hive, proceed as follows: invert your hive, 

 place a box on the mouth of it, close up any aper- 

 tures with a cloth, or anything convenient, to prevent 

 the bees from getting out, then rap gently but repeat- 

 edly on the hive, continue this for some time ; the 

 bees will gorge themselves with honey and ascend to 

 the box, when you can gently remove it and let it 

 stand until the combs are transferred to the new hive, 

 the few bees that remain will give but little trouble. 

 Having all things in readiness, the frames provided 

 with strips of tin \ in. wide and 2| long, proceed to 

 remove one side of the old hive to admit of cutting: 

 out the comb full size, without breaking or mutilat- 

 ing them ; adjust the centre bar of the frame to suit 

 the depth of the comb, cutting off any points or in- 



