MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 
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Those who make use of the Hiver, can avoid climb- 
ing trees to bring down clusters of Bees, anil are 
never under the necessity of cutting away choice fruit 
trees. 
As soon as a swarm come forth, have your Hiver 
in readiness, and when you discover where they in- 
tend to light, place it over the little cluster that have 
gathered, and they will enter. As soon as a pint or 
quart are gathered, move it a few feet from where they 
commenced lighting, and set the lower end of the 
handle in the ground and place a crotch under the pole 
or wire, to keep your Hiver suspended in the air until 
all the Bees have collected in it. Have your Hive 
placed on a hoard, as in Rule II. Now take down 
the Hiver, and drop them on the hoard, and they 
will soon take possession of the Hive. In using the 
Hiver, you are in no danger of killing the queen or 
other Bees, as is frequently the case with the old meth- 
od. 
Apiarians having a large stock, should have two or 
three hivers, so that they may be prepared, in case a 
number of swarms should come out at the same time. 
They will be found very useful in doubling second 
and third swarms. I have a small swarm in my Hiver, 
and leave it suspended in the air for a short time. If 
another small swarm comes forth, 1 remove my Hiver 
containing the Bees amoug those coming forth, and 
they immediately go on to the Hiver. Now I have a 
fine large swarm worth $4 or $5; and if they were 
suffered to remain single, they were worth only $1. 1 
have sometimes let a small swarm remain in the Hiver 
suspended in the air from four to six hours, to receive 
the second swarm. If you do not succeed in getting 
the second swartn the same day, hive the Bees in your 
Hiver and double them as in Rule III. 
