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lave been recommended for hives, concludes thus : — " It is to satisfy 

 ill these requirements that experienced bee-keepers so much recom- 

 nend for the hives an exposure to the ten o'clock sun ; that is to say, 

 hat they should be turned in such a manner that the sun may shine 

 m their entrances when it has already attained a certain height above 

 he horizon, and sufficiently warmed the surrounding air for the bees, 

 /hich the brightness of its rays has tempted forth, not to be seized 



-Polish hive. 



^:h cold and numbed before they have been able to return home 

 aiin."* 



In the month of March a gathering of wax is made by cutting 

 aay the lower part of the hives, where the cakes have grown old. 

 Te principal honey harvest takes place towards the end of May, 

 Jie, or July, according to the place the hives are in. A larger or 

 s iller gathering takes place according to the quantity of honey 

 r<iy, and the state of the season. As the bees will not see the 

 V ation of their domicile and theft of their winter provisions without 

 ^' er, to get possession of the honeycomb with which the hive is 

 fi d, you must put these irritable insects into such a state that they 

 ai unable to injure you. They can be rendered peaceable by 



/ " Physiologie de 1' Abeille, suivie de I'art de soigner et d'exploiter les Abeilles 

 ^' res une methode simple et facile," p. 94- P^^is, i?66. 



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