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'arc not the most hungry, but fly cautiously and angrily about 

 before alighting. If the bees are got properly to work, one or 

 more swarms may often be found, which, if transferred into 

 hives will be a valuable acquisition, but are too often thought 

 lcssly destroyed for their stores alone. 



HOW TO TRAP WILD BEES OR ROBBERS. 



"We give this method more especially for pioneers m a new 

 country, for although a part of a swarm or swarms of fugitive 

 or wild bees may be easily trapped without finding the tree, by 

 getting them to work upon a bait, yet if other bees aro at work 

 within reach there is no xoay to prevent catching them also, evpn 

 though they belong to your own or your neighbors' apiary. Afrer 

 getting into the supposed vicinity of wild bees, and a mile or 

 more from any apiary, get the bees at work upon a bait by 

 either of the methods given. Remove the cap and frames from 

 the American Hive and place in it the bait containing plenty of 

 honey, with the bees upon it. Close the entrance, leaving open 

 the two fly-holes above it. Set another hive upon the top of 

 this one, having first bored a hole in its bottom for the bees to 

 pass up through. This hole may be covered with a slide to be 

 worked through a hole in the side of the hive. The hive should 

 also have wire-cloth tacked over its top and the cap left off, as 

 in moving bees. After a strong line of bees have got at work, 

 ■going and returning, close one of the fly-holes of the lower hive 

 and insert in the other a tin tube about six inches long. The 

 outer end of the tube should not project beyond the front board, 



