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the proper-sized nails and instructions came 

 with them. 



The first summer we had two swarms, 

 one from each hive, early in the season. 

 This being all the increase we cared for, a 

 weekly examination was instituted to remove 

 all sections filled with honey, as soon as the 

 busy little workers had sealed them. Our 

 first experience at wintering bees having 

 been quite satisfactory, it has never been 

 changed, except that the shelters are now 

 made with slanting roofs like a chicken-house, 

 and the last two winters being so extremely 

 cold, hay has been packed round the hives. 



Any one living near New York should 

 take advantage of the apiary established by 

 the government in Van Cortlandt Park. It 

 is well-stocked, and the keeper is there ex- 

 pressly to answer questions and explain to 

 interested visitors all the different conditions 

 of the working bee colony. 



Philadelphia has the same advantage at 

 the Root Apiary, situated near the toll-gate 



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