MOVING BEES 
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Rack made in California, especially for hauling hees. 
the location as thoroly and carefully as 
when taking their first flight. After that 
they will go to and from the same spot as 
if it had always been their home. 
But to move bees from the front to the 
back yard, or from a fourth to half a mile, 
is not so easy. They are familiar with the 
whole range of flight within a mile of the 
old stand; and when they go over their 
old hunting-ground, so to speak, instead of 
returning to the hive from which they have 
just come they will return to the old loca¬ 
tion. How then, shall we make them stay 
where placed? One way, and the very best 
one, is to wait till fall or winter. After 
they have quit flying for the season, moVe 
them to the spot desired. If they are con¬ 
fined a week or two weeks by cold weather, 
pr longer, they will mark their new loca¬ 
tion and go back to it as their regular and 
permanent home. It will be better still if 
they can be confined for several months in 
the cellar; then when put out in the spring, 
they should be placed in the new location; 
for it is well known that cellared bees 
can be placed anywhere the following 
spring without reference to their old 
stands. Wherever they are' placed they 
will mark their location, and that must be 
their fixed position for the season. 
But suppose it is the midst of summer, 
and for some reason the bees must be 
moved a few rods from their old location. 
Perhaps complaint is made that the bees in 
the front yard are interfering with passers- 
by, and to avoid trouble it seems desirable 
to move them to the back yard. In- an 
emergency of this kind the following plan 
may be used: 
Tack wire cloth over the entrances, carry 
the hives down cellar, and keep them there 
for at least five days, and longer if they 
appear to be quiet. While the bees are in 
the cellar, change the surroundings in the 
front yard or in the old location as much 
as possible. After the bees have served 
out their allotted time of confinement, put 
them in the back yard in the same order as 
before it if can be done conveniently. While 
some of the bees may, perhaps, go back, 
the great majority will stay in their new 
location. Those that do return should be 
given a frame of brood in a hive; and when 
they have clustered on it they should be 
taken to the new location and dumped in 
front of the entrance to the hive. If the 
bees are confined during cool or rainy 
weather when they cannot fly, there will be 
no loss of honey that might be gathered 
from the field. While the bees are confined 
