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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



comb honey at more that double the 

 price of the same extracted, I have not 

 seen fit to provide extracting supers for 

 all colonies to be used only in Autumn. 

 Any colonies that are very heavy have 

 the heaviest combs extracted to prevent 

 cramping the brood-room. Nev^- swarms 

 that have their brood-nest contracted are 

 given empty combs to complete the set. 

 The bottoms are now fastened to the hive 

 bodies by two nails' driven through the 



on lath or frame- stuff. Sometimes neither 

 the bottom nor rim are nailed to the hive 

 body, but a lath is nailed on each corner 

 to the bottom, bodies and rim. 



As there are generally at least two 

 weeks after the close of the harvest here 

 before there would be any great advan- 

 tage in having the bees in their new loca- 

 tion, I sometimes wait for a cool night. 

 Moonlight nights are preferable for 

 moving, but are not necessary — we are 



U\ iHE HUAD. 



bottom into the sides of the hive-body. 

 To drive these nails the hives are stood 

 on the back end. The bottoms are left 

 on from year to year, unless there are 

 reasons for taking them off, when they 

 are easily removed. Rims two and one- 

 half inches deep, having the same outside 

 dimensions as the hive, and covered with 

 wire cloth, take the place of the cover. 

 These rims are fastened to the hive body 

 by two long slender wire nails, driven 

 down through the rim into the edges of 

 the sides of the hive. The cover and bot- 

 tom are thus fastened with four nails. 

 Hives having on extracting supers have 

 the stories fastened together by tacking 



sometimes glad to have even the light of 

 the stars. 



The time for the journey having been 

 selected, the top screens are put on and 

 all the hive fastening done by daylight 

 except putting on the entrance screens. 

 These screens are fastened to a lath scored 

 opt on the low-er side and are fastened to 

 the hive with two small nails. These 

 nails are partlj' driven into the lath and 

 the entrance screens are distributed be- 

 fore evening, that they may be put on 

 quickly when the bees quit flying. When 

 the top screens are put on, the cover is 

 laid over them and the shade-board put 

 in place again to prevent, if possible, the 



