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which must be driven out. This takes time, is 

 unpleasant and also results in more or less 

 damage to the honey, as the bees will gnaw the 

 cappings when smoke is used to drive them out. 

 Escapes are inexpensive, and if one has but 



Fig. 3. — It is easy to remove honey from the hive by placing a 

 bee-escape under the super. 



a few colonies of bees, but one or two will be 

 necessary as the honey can be removed from 

 one hive at a time. They can be bought singly 

 at about fifty cents each, board and all. In 

 quantities they can be had for still less. 



Useless Equipment. — The author, in com- 

 mon with most other beekeepers, has invested 



