ONE YEAR AMONG THE BEES. 



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FIG. 28. Chaff hive, complete. 

 CHAFF HIVE, COMPLETE. 



If you would tell a farmer that he must send off and buy chaff 

 hives for all his bees, at a cost of perhaps two or three dollars each, 

 I want to ask you how many of them will do it. But if you tell him 

 to get dry-goods boxes at the store, and show him how cheaply and 

 easily he can convert them into chaff hives, he will be pretty sure to 

 get them, and his bees will be fixed up in first-class order, for there is 

 no chaff hive made that will beat it for actual service. This is not 

 only a winter hive, but a summer hive as well, and intended for an 

 all-year-round hive. It is not only useful, but ornamental. 



COLONY OF BEES READY FOR SHIPMENT. 



Full colonies of bees may be safely shipped at any time from early 

 spring until late autumn, but never in winter. Figure 29 represents 



