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STATE BOAlin OF AGRICULTURE. 



THE WATER METHOD. 



Sometimes a bee-keeper may buy a few colonies of bees in box-hives 

 late in summer and may not wish to keep them through the winter in 

 the old boxes. If one has combs of sealed honey, surplus from other 

 colonies, it is a simple matter to transfer the bees from their box-hives 



Fig. 7. — A box-hive with honey stored in cover, — Messy and unprofitable (original). 



to hive'' containing the frames of honey and to winter them in the new 

 hive? 



Eariy in October, as soon as brood-rearing has ceased and when the 

 weather is warm enough for bees to fly, prepare a hive-body with frames 

 of honey. Have ready some receptacle for water, wash tub, boiler or 

 anything that is large enough and deep enough to allow the box-hive 



[Fig. 8. — Dovetailed hive-body, after Root. 



