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to his home, whether it is a hive or a tree ; in a short 
time he will return and fill himself again, and leave for 
his home ; about the third or fourth time he will bring 
another one with him, and soon another, and so on 
until they will come by hundreds as long as there is 
honey for them. It is best that you commence about 
the middle of the afternoon ; they will get well at work 
then during the night, the whole colony will become 
acquainted with the fact, and ready for operation the 
next day. A glass hive is much superior for this 
purpose, though the Compound Hive might do under 
favorable circumstances, and for this purpose would be 
superior to any other, as by the use of the ventilators 
light and air can both be given. The next morning 
everything should be in readiness for the occasion. 
One of my glass hives is now necessary, as they are 
best adapted for this purpose, with two or three cards 
of comb in, containing honey ; then place the hive near 
where the bees have been at work in the box ; remove 
the cap from the hive, and place the box on the top of 
the frames. The bees will soon find the honey in the 
frames ; and soon as they do so, the box may be 
removed and the cap placed on the hive, so the bees 
can no longer enter from the top. The regulator may 
now be adjusted so the bee-catcher will exactly fit the 
entrance, but it must not be put in yet. When your 
regulator is fixed, the bees that were shut in the hive 
will be forced to come out at the entrance ; this they 
will readily do. They should be left to go out and in 
freely, for one or two hours, when the bee-catcher may 
be placed in the entrance, and one of the doors opened, 
that the bees as they enter the bee-catcher will be 
attracted to the light given through the glass, which 
