82 PURCHASE OF BEES. 



The bees of a hive, recently removed, if pur- 

 chased of a near neighbour, or if the weather be 

 cold, should be confined for a day or two, or else 

 many of them, after flying about in quest of pro- 

 vision, will be lost ; in the one case, by returning 

 to their old habitation, and in the other, by being 

 chilled to death, in searching for their new one. 



