The cheapest way, but, perhaps not the best, is to get the so-called wild bees that are to be found in the bush. Bush bees are generally of the common black variety, except those that are found near where some one has gone in for the yellow or golden-banded (Italian) varieties. In such localities cross-bred varieties will be met with. Early in the spring vagrant swarms are to be met with, either on the wing or settled prior to making a start for a fresh habitation. If settled, they will put up with a good deal of handling, and it is almost, if not quite impossible to get them on the wing again. If it is difficult to dislodge them from their temporary resting-place by the ordinary method of shaking, as many as possible should be brushed off into a box placed on the ground, as directed below. If the swarm is on the wing, and they appear inclined to settle in a place awkward to get at for the purpose of hiving, take a small bush or bunch of leaves, and slowly brush it up and down, or backwards and forwards on their chosen settling spot, and they will soon vacate it for one that may be handier and easier to take from. When about a third of them are settled, take your coat off, roll up your shirt sleeves, so that your arms will be bare to the elbow. In your left hand have a candle-box, or one equally light, hold it under the cluster of bees. If they have settled in a bush, or on the bough of a tree, take hold of it near to the bees, give it a quick, sharp, sudden jerk, so that the bees fall into the box you are holding. Be gentle ; do not be in a hurry. The bees, if they have not been teased, will not hurt you. Whilst swarming they put on their best behaviour. They are never more decile than when they leave the parent stock to establish themselves as a new colony. If you are of a timid nature, and most novices in bee-keeping are, put on a veil, tie your coat sleeves tightly round your wrists, so that the bees cannot get underneath it. It is when they are imprisoned, and pressure brought to bear by the coat, that they get angry, and they then draw swords in self-defence. Should you be stung, keep cool, grin and bear it. For if you strike at the bees, and run "with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again," yea, and that ten-fold. As soon as the bees, by means of the jerk, have fallen into the box, lower it to the ground, turn it gently over, mouth downwards, so that the bees roll out on the ground; place the mouth of the box over them, one side of it resting on a small stone or bit of wood, so that they can have ingress and egress. If you have secured the queen, the bees on the wing will quickly gather round the box. If she be not there, they will speedily return to the spot from whence they were shaken. In that case, wait till they have again clustered, and again go through the process of boxing. When you have safely boxed them, take them home, where you should always have a live properly supplied with frames fitted with foundation comb, ready for their reception. Remove the cover of your hive, take the box containing the bees in both hands, the open end _upwards_, gently shake by swinging the box around, as if washing out a bucket. Do not be rash, and throw them on the top of the bar-frames. Cover them over with the quilt till evening; by that time they will have descended. You may then replace the cover of the hive. If your hive is within 2 or 3 inches of the ground, and it should not be more, you may turn out the bees on the ground in front of the hive, close to the entrance. They will soon find their way in.