A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT-APIARY 



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smoke under it to quiet the bees. Prom the strength It takes to "swing" 

 this upper hive, I judge there is some 50 or more pounds of honey In It, 

 which is more than I expected from the poor season we have had so far. 

 The lower hive, bottom-board and all, is now set off the stand, and a 







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reserved bottom-board placed thereon, when the upper story of 50 pounds 

 or more of honey is set on this new bottom-board and a center frame of 

 honey taken out, which is taken to one of the weaker colonies and 

 exchanged for a frame one-fourth to one-third full of brood, with the rest 

 of the cells nearly empty, after the bees have been brushed from each 

 into their respective hives. This one-fourth-full frame of brood is now 

 set in the hive on the new bottom-board, to take the place of the frame 

 of honey.* 



DOOLITTLE SUPER CONTAINING FOETY-FOTJE 3%x5%Xl% SECTIONS. 



Such a comb seems to be quite necessary, where the upper hive 

 contains much honey, as it establishes the brood-nest in the center of the 

 hive, where it should be, and also allows the queen to keep right on lay- 

 ing without interruption, the same as she has been doing. If the queen 



* See cut on page 14. 



