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and vainly expect to get them filled with delicious 

 honey within a short time ; failing in this, they are 

 apt to attribute it to a wrong cause. 



REQUISITES FOR OBTAINING HONEY. 



There are three requisites necessary to obtain sur- 

 plus honey ; the first of which is, a hive with the main 

 apartment full of comb, with the interspace full of 

 bees ; (no danger of there being too many) the second, 

 abundant pasturage, and the third, favorable weather ; 

 with these three requisites, boxes for the reception of 

 surplus honey may be added, with the assurance that 

 they will be filled in due time. When full, the combs 

 present an even surface, all the cells being sealed 

 over with wax, and they are ready for removal. 



HOW TO REMOVE BOXES WHEN FULL. 



Open the hive and remove the glass frame and 

 blow in a little smoke ; then take a chisel or knife and 

 loosen the boxes ; after giving the bees four or five 

 minutes to descend, take out the boxes, and as the 

 bees emerge from them, brush them off at the en- 

 trance of the hive. Or the boxes may be set in a 

 dark room, leaving one window open for the bees to 

 fly out and return to their hive, which they will do 

 after they have filled their sacs with honey. If there 

 are many young bees in the boxes, they are apt to 

 remain, as they do not know where to go, in which 

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