TRANSFERRING BEES.
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It is with pleasure that comply with your request, in giving a description of an easy mode of transferring bees. l dc 1t any time of the day, although it is best when most bees are abroad. If there arc any bees on the out side of the hive, sweep them of with wing or feather "Then take itlrom the stand and ravcrse it upon the ground; spread sheet upon 1t with string or hook fastened 10 it i'll the centre over the centre oft the hive" Then place the empty hive where the old one stood, to receive the returning bees "Then lay a double blanket or carpet, or some thick cloth so as to make it dark within; the corners are then to be throwns on the top out of the way of the hammer, which is now to be appled,o Lightly but rapid ''frst upon one side and then upon another; they roar loud when the hammering commences, but i'll less than minute thier noise will abate, when the cloths should be raised by the string two or three inches, which they will immediately answer by their roaring in consequence of having more room; the hammerng to be continued; the cloth to be raised slowly; and when il is raised six or eight inches in the centre, t can with perfect safety be raised from one corner of the hive, so as to see the motion and speed of the bees i'll leaving the combs and running up into the cloth. The raising of the cloth must be slow and gentle, governed as much as possible to the accommodation of the bees; in ten minutes time the cloth in the centre should be about two feet from the hive, by which time probably the bees will all be in the cloth; the hammering, however, is to by continued until they have all or nearly all, left the hive, when the top cloth is to be care- fully taken of, the sheet raised from the hive by the string or hook and spread open, the bees uppermost;" directly in front of the empty hive, the bees will soon take possession of 1t; guide the queen, if she can be found, and disturb the bees gently with feather. If there be found any bees Jeff in the old hive they will soon leave the combs by blowing in; sweep them of and put the hive where the bees cannot find it. The bees will work with renewed activity as if they had1fot been disturbed ]. WELLS.

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