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of itj particularly the ant. A chest, made 

 perfectly tight, is a good store-house. 



If the honey in the drawers is to be preser- 

 ved for winter use, it should be kept in a room 

 so warm as not to freeze. Frost cracks the 

 combs, and the honey will drip as soon as warm 

 weather commences. Drawers should be 

 packed with their apertures up, for keeping or 

 carrying to market. All apiarians who would 

 make the most profit from their bees, should 

 remove the honey as soon as the drawers are 

 filled, and supply their places with empty ones. 

 The bees will commence their labors in an 

 empty box that has been filled, sooner than 

 unv others. 



RULE VH. 



J liJ. METHOD OF COxMPELLlNG bWAK.MS TO 



MAKE AND KEEP EXTRA CiUEENS, FOR 



THEIR APIARIAN, OK OWNER. 



Take a drawer containing bees and brood 

 comb, and place the same in the chamber of 

 an empty hive ; taking care to stop the en- 

 trance of the hive, and give them clean water, 

 daily, three or four days. Then unstop the 



