258 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
should take exactly the position of the mouth of 
the frame-hive before its removal, because to that 
spot the bees will fly with an accuracy which 
is truly surprising. Going to the stock, we lift back 
the quilt with great caution, lest we disturb the queen- 
cage and set the prisoner free. The excessive space 
Fig. 73.— Making an Artificial Swarm (Scale, 
■•ib, Swarming-board ; at, Stand; i>k, Skep ; c, False Cluster. 
left between two of the frames has caused the bees 
there to gather thickly, so that we secure at once a 
considerable number. The frame, now held by the ears, 
is sharply jerked downwards in front of the skep, as 
we stand behind, so as to be out of the way of the 
bewildered hummers on the wing. The bees imme- 
