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brood; and always avoiding cutting through the young 
brood if it can be avoided, and if the comb contains' 
honey put in a little of that also, to fill the frame. 
When bees are transferred at the commencement of 
the honey season, but little honey need be put in the 
new hive. But if changed in the latter part of the 
honey season then all the honey should be given them 
that the frames will hold, always avoiding the putting 
in of old comb as much as possible, and filling up 
the hive with empty frames ; the boxes should be placed 
over them bottom side up to keep the bees below. 
When the bees are to be introduced if in the compound 
hive they should be put in the same as when hiving a 
new swarm and removed back to the old place and 
give them a very small entrance (say one inch) for a few 
days; and then give them a larger entrance. When the 
hive is first removed an old hive should be placed upon 
the old stand to take up the attention of the bees that 
may be in the field, this will prevent from the bees 
entering adjoining hives until the new hive is placed 
upon the stand. 
A good degree of caution should always be observed 
in transferring bees. They' can be transferred with proper 
facilies at any season of the year by a skilful operator, 
and have proper attention given them. May and June 
are the safest months in the year to transfer, as they 
need but little care then on the part of the bee master; 
with plenty of honey in the fields they soon repair 
their combs and fill up the hive. If the bees are not 
upon the outside of the hive, cold water need not be 
used as a good breath of smoke from the fumigation pipe 
will be much safer and better, rendering them perfectly 
harmless, until you can prepare them for the drumming 
process. Should they refuse to leave the combs when 
