TRANSFERRING FROM BOX HIVES TO MOVABLE FRAMES. 59 
as may be out seeking their old hive. These will cluster 
upon the comb thus furnished them, tiil they are wanted, 
and be prevented from entering other contiguous hives. 
Place the driving box upon the box hive, so that they 
will exactly fit each other, mouth to mouth, tacking the 
two together with a couple of nails, and with rags close 
every crevice, so that not a bee shall escape. Now 
lightly rap on the top—now bottom—of the hive, grad- 
ually moving up, from fifteen to thirty minutes, By this 
time nearly all the bees will have ascended into the top 
box, which will be known by the humming noise within, 
on applying the ear to the side of the hive. A window of 
glass, or wire cloth, provided with a shutter, may be in- 
serted in the side of the driving box, through which to 
see the bees. If the driving box have sticks nailed across 
its interior, for the bees to cluster upon, all the better. 
When the bees have nearly all ascended into the top box, 
it is to be removed, and a cloth, or wire curtain, open 
enough to give plenty of fresh air, is to be placed over 
its mouth, to prevent the escape of the bees, letting it 
stand in a cool, shady place while transferring the comb. 
After removing the side of the box running nearest 
parallel with the comb, as care- 
fully as possible, cut out one card, 
4 placing it upon a common tea 
s4 salver, and with a frame lying 
upon it in such a manner that the 
(qi\ honey and breeding cells shall re- 
oy 
ie 
‘Y main in the same relative posi- 
' tion in the frame that they occu- 
pied in the hive, as in Fig. 28, 
cut the comb a trifle larger than 
to fit, so as the better to fasten it 
28.--Comb fitted for frame. 
