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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



in 1899. An unusual record, considering the character 

 of the seasons in 1900 and 1901. If, in the year 1902, a 

 1900 queen is by any means replaced by a young queen, 

 a line is drawn through the oo and o^ is written below it. 

 As soon as I have entered in the record the old num- 

 bers that were on the hives, as previously mentioned, I 

 am ready to enter the respective ages of the queens. If, 



Fig. i6 — Entrance Closers. 



tor mstance, I find at the beginning, Xo. 1 (231). I 

 turn to No. 231 in last year's record and find the year set 

 down for the age of the queen, and put it in the new book 

 at Xo. 1. This I do throudior.t all the numbers. 



ADVANTAGE OF BOOK FOR RECORD. 



I do not need to be in the apiary to do this work ; 

 it crn be done in the house just as well. Indeed I spend 

 a good deal of time in the house with my record-book, 

 studying and planning, perhaps lying on the lounge. I 



