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His moderation should be known to the Bees. He should make no 
sudden or violent motions, which may serve to enrage them. The hive 
may be set over them, after they have been placed (with the limb upon 
which they have clustered) upon a cloth which is spread upon the 
ground, or they may be shaken or jarred from the limb into the hive 
when inverted, or they may be brushed into the hive gently, by a soft 
wing or dust brush, as circumstances may dictate. When Bees are 
put into a hive inverted, it should be turned back very gently or slowly, 
lest the Bees should be removed or poured out. Always place the 
hive in the shade, or protect it from the direct rays of the sun, while © 
the Bees are taking possession of it. About sunset remove it to the place 
where it is to stand permanently. } 
CHAPTER (XtT. 
FEEDING. 
Tue theory of feeding Bees on a large scale has had its day. It has 
presented splendid results for a time, and resulted at length in splendid 
failures. Cheap honey, or a composition has been used, and the 
Bees have been fed freely, under the impression that whatever 
they stored in their cells must of course be honey of the first 
quality. I would ask why Cuba or Southern honey is not made of 
the first quality when it is stored up for the first time in Cuba or 
Florida, if Bees have the power of converting an inferior article into 
one of superior quality. The true reason is that much of this so-called 
honey is taken from the sugar plantations, or from flowers which do 
not furnish the best honey. And the second transportation, although 
done by “ Yankee” Bees, does not produce any chemical change in the 
article which is fed. Honey is gathered, not made by the Bees. Those 
who purchase in market Cuba honey which is packed up in “ Yankee” 
boxes, do not get the best end of the bargain. ‘They have yet to learn 
that the packing or transportation does not make it the fine flavored 
and wholesome article which is found in white clover upon all our hills 
in New England. The feeding of Beeson a large scale, or with a view to 
secure larger quantities of surplus honey, operates unfavorably upon 
