that the swarm be brought home after sunset, and then the foregoing directions for inducing the bees to tenant the frame-hive may be better carried out; for ourselves, we much prefer the evening for the purpose. A little water sprinkled over them from a watering pot is likely to induce the bees to quit the ground and go up into the hive more quickly. Mr. Langstroth, in his admirable book "The Hive and Honey Bee," writes "If they are too dilatory in entering the new hive, they may be gently separated with a spoon or leafy twig, where they gather in bunches on the sheets or they may be carefully 'spooned up' and shaken out close to the front of the hive. As these go in with fanning wings, they will raise a peculiar note, which communicates to their companions that they have found a home, and in a short time the whole swarm will enter, without injury to a single bee." In the _Journal of Horticulture_, Mr. Woodbury says "If combs be fixed in the frames, the crown board may be removed, and the cluster knocked out of the straw hive on to the top of the exposed frames. The bees will disappear between them with the utmost alacrity, delighted to have met with a ready furnished dwelling, and the top or crown board having been replaced, the hive should at once be removed to the position it is intended permanently to occupy." No one should attempt these operations without being protected by a _bee dress_, and a pair of India-rubber gloves,--such as those used by photographers,--which are sting proof. Some persons also take the precaution of tying strings round the ankles of the trowsers, lest some straggler should determine to attack the outposts of the enemy, which, to say the least, might perplex the operator in the midst of his task. Elastic India-rubber bands are good for this purpose, or a pair of "knickerbockers" would be useful. If Wellington boots are worn, the trowsers may be tucked within the leather, in which case no bee can molest the operator, and no string or band will be needed. Practice makes perfect in bee tending as in other matters, and when a light hand is gained, there is little danger of the apiarian being stung.