202 HONEY. 



case they should be brushed out and returned to the 

 hive. 



In removing boxes filled in the early part of the 

 season, they should be carefully examined, to ascer- 

 tain if there is any brood in them ;* this being fre- 

 quently the case, particularly in boxes filled in small 

 hives, or such as have the bees to enter the boxes 

 near the center of the hive. If brood is found, either 

 cut it out, or return the box until the brood emerges. 



A sure preventive, is to have hives of a proper 

 size, and only permit the bees to enter the boxes 

 from the side spaces, away from the brood, in the 

 main apartment. 



The boxes of honey should be kept either with the 

 top or bottom uppermost, so that the combs remain 

 on their edges. 



WHERE HONEY SHOULD BE KEPT. 



As soon as all the bees are out, the boxes of honey 

 should be placed in a dry room, from which the bees, 

 as well other insects, are excluded ; or they may be 

 placed in' pack-boxes, as hereafter directed, and kept 

 in a dry place, (a cool one if possible) where it 

 should remain, ready to transport to market at any 

 time. 



* It is seldom that any but drone brood is found in the top, or 

 surplus boxes. 



