CONTROLLED INCREASE. 
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position, giving an opportunity to the stray bees to 
re-enter ; and the few youngsters crawling on the 
ground will almost all be saved by the use of the 
lath as before. 
The skep, although light and handy, is by no • 
means all that can be desired for the successful 
transit of bees (page 136). I recommend, with the 
fullest confidence, a form of box (Fig. 74) which I have 
never known to fail on the longest journeys to be 
taken within the United Kingdom. It needs but little 
explanation. The swarming-board (sw) is used as 
Fig. 74.— Swarm iNG-BOX (Scale, y\) 
, sir, Swarming-boanl ; /i, Haiiclle ; Perforated Zinc. 
before, while the mouth (E F) stands in the place 
and stead of the mouth of the old hive, of which 
H replaces the front. A stout cord (/?), having knots 
inside, serves as a handle, and keeps the right side 
up, while it furnishes good attachment to the cluster 
hanging within. The perforated zinc above and 
below gives thorough ventilation, which can never be 
closed even if the box is put on its front or back. 
After the swarm has been made, and has clustered as 
seen in the Figure (weighing being easily possible 
even before this), the front zinc is tacked on, when 
