222 GENERAL HONEY HARVEST. 



stores. In preparing prospectively for thus sharing 

 in the products of theliive, the Cultivator who pur- 

 sues the storifying system, immediate!}' after the 

 swarming season is over, adds another story or hox 

 to the two of which his hive consists, placing it 

 undermost, or as it is called by some Bee-Masters, 

 Nadir-ing. The brood-comhs contained in the up- 

 permost story, will, as the young bees are hatched, 

 be quickly filled with honey, and may be removed 

 about the beginning of August. The top cover is 

 then replaced on the next story in position, which 

 was originally the lower, and is now the upper. In 

 ordinary seasons, the bees will have ample time to 

 * lay in sufficient food for winter and spring use, after 

 the abstraction of this portion of their stores. As the 

 combs of the upper box are frequently found ad- 

 hering by their lower extremities to the bars of the 

 next, it will be necessary, before removal, to separate 

 them by means of a very thin long-bladed knife or a 

 fine wire, (a piano-forte string will answer well,) 

 drawn through the hive at the point of junction. The 

 operator will next expel the bees from this box or 

 story, by lifting the top-cover, and blowing in a little 

 smoke, which will cause the inhabitants to retreat 

 quickly to the lower regions. The box may then be 

 taken away, without the operator running the risk of 

 the slightest annoyance. The same effect may be pro- 

 duced by driving.* The honey found in this removed 

 box, will not be all honey of the current season, and 

 consequently is not so delicately fine. It is also 

 * See in page 227 directions for the operation of driving. 



