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ous; but we should never take our friends' 

 unaccustomed to bees, into the apiary with- 

 out veiling tliem. 



In side-opening hives, if we want the frame 

 at the back of hive, all tlie others must come 

 out first before we reach it. All such hives 

 should be made into kindling wood, as they 

 are not fit to set hens in. 



Combs should not be packed together 

 tightly or crowded in the box. When prop- 

 erly put in they should not touch one another. 

 Combs of honey can be put away in the same 

 manner during winter, but should be looked 

 after as soon as warm weather approaches, 

 at which time they should be taken out and 

 placed in the light. 



It has been found a good practice to widen 

 the space between the comb frames near ttie 

 close of the honey-gathering season in order 

 that the bees may, by elongating the cells, 

 place a large share of the winter stores above 

 the cluster. When bees build their own 

 combs after their own design, as in box- 

 hives, spaces are left between wide enough 

 to admit of elongating the cells, in order that 

 a large sliaie of the winter stores may be 

 placed in top of the liive, easily accessible in 

 the severest weather. 



[We do not think it a good plan to sprend 

 the brood combs at any time in the year. We 

 know of a beekeejifr in the state ofN. H. who 

 spread the combs in all tlieeiiihty hives of his 

 apiary in the fall of ISSii. 1 lieVe were but 

 twenty-five colonies alive the next spring. 

 It seems to us that it would requiie a great 

 amount of work in the sijring to get tlie 

 combs back to the proper thickness again.— 

 Managek of Api.J 



The Xutional Stoclcman says : For contract- 

 ing the s|)ac,e in iiives division-boards can be 

 used, and doubtless are witli good results. 

 ■We believe that it would be better if each 

 colony were crowded up with division-boards 

 on just as many combs as they will cover 

 nicely, as in this manner their heat can be 

 better maintained. Just to get tlie lequired 

 amount of honey on so many combs that the 

 bees can be confined on it, and at the same 

 time leave them a brood nest is the most 

 trouble we have to contend with. Hut if prop- 

 erly arranged in this manner it would be 

 quite an advantage in wintering. 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



The following articles will ap))ear in the 

 January, 1888, number of the API.: 



In-breeding, by Dr. G. L. Tinker; Produc- 

 tion of Honey, etc., G. W. Demaree; Pre- 

 vention of Increase, E. A. Moigan. 



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