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MANAGEMENT IN WINTER. 



paid for my trouble." In proof and illustration of 

 these facts, the author* subjoins the following Table, 

 giving a view of the diminution in weight of each of 

 his hives during one winter. 



Diminution of weight in each of thirty-six hives, 

 from 20th September 1813, to 31st March 1814: 



From this Table it appears that the average ex- 

 penditure of thirty-six hives in six months, was about 

 eleven Ibs. each ; and that the smallest expenditure 

 in any one hive was eight Ibs., and the greatest nine- 

 teen Ibs. This last difference the author attributes 

 io pillage, and thinks it probable that the straw-hive, 

 No. 38, had enriched itself at the expense of its 



