THE HONEY-BEE IN NEW ZEALAND. 
15 
A new swarm may be confined for a day or two,^7^ 
want to carry it more than an evening s journey, for bees 
Zrl wVtheir honey bags full, and their first emptoy. 
ment is to make wax, which is indoor work 1 ti 
which is tied over the bottom of the hive must be ot sucli 
an open texture as to admit air freely, and yet not ; bo - open 
as to let any bees out. The stufl which I use tor tlie 
purpose is that which is, I believe, called dairy canvas, 
andds made for straining milk. But if you want to take 
i h - „f (jiqforice down the coast for instance, 
your bees to a great distal ce, , • , •, • u P A 
and the voyage may last a week or a fatogM 
to let the hive stand for ten days or so m m your trier 
nn ary then tin it up in the cloth as before, and hang it 
somewhere in the ship out of the light, or at all events 
screened from the sun, where it can swing freely without 
fearerf knocking agailst the side of the vessel, and then 
von rnav carry your treasure to the most distant part ot 
these islands L safety. A common straw hiveas> certaa y 
tide most handy for carrying bees any great distance tor 
£ it is “ok easil/tied about it. look at 
i^taken off you wiutid thsd. portion of its surface which 
A fn flip bees carded into a sort of lmt, by the 
was exposed to the bees^carae^ ^ ^ pushed 
action o nei rea t num p erS5 searching for a 
passage into the open air. If you find they are making a 
passage i y . force a passage out, 
ntitTttiSnSetorr fold of oil over the 
nothing QVinnld the swarm be m a wooden 
bottom of the hive Should the svm ^ ^ flnnly to a 
totom toS with t door at all cut in it, and then push 
»ThS 
wTbothtighten 0{ t ^itre g ai“t femuch totto to give 
piece of perforated m ‘ ■ „ai often crowd so 
hoes seeing light at only 1 f th air . 
much to it, as to prevent the lice entrance 
