FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



301. 



Please understand that there is Httle or no extra expense 

 lor these double hives. They are just the regular hives, 

 only we take special pains to see that the division-board 

 is perfectly bee-tight. If the hives are to be hauled 

 home, as I haul mine each fall, there are only 50 in- 

 stead of 100 to haul ; just half the bulk, and a much less 

 weight than the 100 would be. Just half the hives are 

 to be handled in taking in and out of winter quarters ; 



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Fig. 105. — JVrigJiiug Colonies. 



just half the room is occupied in winter quarters ; and I 

 think, although I do not know, that the bees will winter 

 better than if only one colony in a hive. If they are to 

 be taken, in the spring, to a distant apiary, there is the 

 advantage of hauling only 50 hives instead of 100. If, 

 in the spring, any colony be found queenless it is in fine 

 position to be united with its fellow colony. 



CHANGING FROM SINGLE TO DOUBLE HIVES. (/ 



Possibly you may be ready to agree with me so far 

 as to sav, "Certainlv, the thing looks desirable, but is it 



