157 
rod or string through a hole in the side. Procure the 
bee-trap of the Champion hive, and from one of these 
hives remove cap, honey-boxes and frames, equip your- 
self, as before described, for bee hunting, and take the 
articles above-mentioned, into the supposed vicinity of 
•wild bees, and a mile or more from any apiary. Place 
the box upon the hive, set the bait upon the alighting 
board and get the bees to work upon the bait, as di- 
rected for bee-hunting ; in a short time the first bee 
will return and fill itself again, repeating the operation 
three or four times ; finally, a few others will accompany 
it, and the number will gradually increase until they 
come by hundreds. 
Now set the bait inside the hive, close to the en- 
trance, and put a drop or two of honey a little in ad- 
vance of it ; as soon as the bees enter the hive for the 
bait, move it back gradually, until the middle of the 
bottom is reached. When a large number of bees be- 
gin to come and go, and it is not too near night-fall, 
adjust the trap in the entrance so that it will not pro- 
ject in front, and so that the open side of the trap will 
be out ; close up every other entrance, and remove the 
cover from the observing glass in the rear of the hive. 
After enough bees have crowded into the hive to 
cover the glass, replace the cover of the observing 
glass, and allow them to ascend into the box. As soon 
as the greater part of them have entered the box, close 
