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MOVING BEES 
The auto truck \\ith bees or supplies runs right into the apiary. No danger of stings causing runaways. 
in the cellar a sharp watch should be kept 
on them to see that they do not suffocate; 
and, if practicable, the whole top of the 
hive should be covered with wire screen. 
There is still another method; and wher¬ 
ever it is practicable to carry it out it is 
better than carrying them into the cellar; 
that is, move the bees to a point a mile and 
a half or two miles from the old location. 
Let them stay there two or three weeks, 
then move them back. But this involves 
considerable labor, so that the average per¬ 
son would not think it practicable. 
Another plan that has been spoken of 
very favorably, and possibly may be better 
than any of the others mentioned hereto¬ 
fore except the plan of moving to an out- 
yard and then moving back again, is this: 
In the cool of the morning, at a time of 
year when no honey is or has been coming 
in, colonies may be moved a few feet or a 
few rods with very little trouble. The 
hives are put on a wheelbarrow early in 
the morning, and after smoking at the 
entrance are trundled as roughly as possi¬ 
ble clear over to the new location, for it is 
important that the bees get a general shak¬ 
ing-up in moving. If the frames are self- 
,spacing there will be no damage done to 
the combs nor to the bees. The hive is set 
down on its new stand, when it is given a 
little more smoke. Any number of colonies 
can be moved in this way; but the moving 
should be done at once, and the old location 
should be changed in appearance as much 
as possible. Very few bees will go back 
when so treated. The author has tried it 
in a limited way, and found that it works 
admirably. The bees should not be moved 
a short distance when a honey flow is on or 
has been on for two or three days. When 
they have been going regularly to the fields 
for a number of days they get their loca¬ 
tion well fixed, and it is almost impossible 
to move them short distances at such times 
without a general returning of field bees to 
the old stands. A correspondent reported 
that he attempted to move bees to a neigh¬ 
boring lot when the honey flow was on, 
and he says he never saw bees Grosser in 
his life. When, therefore, a neighbor com¬ 
plains that the bees are interfering with 
public traffic along the highway, and they 
must be moved at once, one must take into 
consideration whether there is a honey flow 
on. If so an explanation should be made 
that moving bees at such times will only 
make the trouble complained of much 
worse. See Bees as a Nuisance; also Api¬ 
ary. 
