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THE IirV'E AND IrO^^F.y-I?KE. 
tliickness, one-eiglith of an inch air-space will be left all 
around the hive, which, with the other ventilators, will 
give air enough. If an old stock, in hot Avoather, is to 
be moved any distance in such a hive, it will be advisable 
1o fasten wire-cloth in front of the portico, so that the bees 
can leave their combs (p. 91) and cluster there. Ilives 
Avith movable frames should be arranged in such a posi¬ 
tion that the frames run from front to rear, and not from 
side to side, in the carriage. My glass hives ought never 
to bo sent off for SAvarms. 
Ine.vpcrienced persons Avill seldom find it profitable tc 
begin bee-keeping on a large scale. By using movable- 
comb hives, they can rapidly increase their stocks after 
they have acquired skill, and have ascertained, not simply 
that money can be made by keeping bees, but that they 
can make it. While large profits can be realized by care¬ 
ful and experienced bee-keepers, those Avho are otherwise 
A\ill be almost sure to find their outlay result only in 
vexatious losses. An Apiary neglected or mismanaged is 
Avorse than a farm overgroAvn Avith Aveeds or exhausted 
by ignorant tillage; for the land, by prudent management, 
may again be made fertile, but the bees, Avhen once 
destroyed, are a total loss. 
TRANSFEUUING BEES FROM COMMON TO MOVABLB-OOMB 
HIVES. 
This process may be easily effected AA'henever the 
Aveather is AA'arm enough for bees to fly.* It is conducted 
as folloAA'S: Drive the bees into a forcing-box (p. 154), 
AA'hich put on their old stand, and carry the pai'ent-hive to 
some place AA'here you cannot be annoyed by other bees. 
Il.'ive on hand tools for prying oft’ a side of the hive; a 
♦ It has frequently been done, in Winter, for purposes of experiment, by 
lug the bee.s Into u warm room. 
