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delicate pink hue, and a taste not quite like clover in its purity. I 

 thought at first that this part would be against my worked-out plan, but 

 I find that these pinkish-colored sections (the same being detected only 

 by holding them up and looking through them toward the light) are 

 preferred to any of those which are filled :with only clover or basswood 

 honey, and coming off later, they often selling for a cent or two more a 

 pound than the white, to those knowing about them. 



Having every thing now in readiness, the hive is closed by putting 

 on the cover, when the queen-excluder is taken off the hive of brood, and 

 I at once proceed to shake and brush the bees off their combs of brood 

 in front of this prepared hive. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Perhaps I better say a few words regarding this shaking off part, for 

 very many do not seem to be handy at shaking the bees off their combs. 



doolittle's method or holding and shaking frames. 



some of our best bee-keepers telling me that it could not be done to any 

 advantage till I had shown them how. Let me see if I can tell the reader 

 so he can do it with ease. Let the projecting ends of the top-bar to the 

 frame rest mainly on the big finger of each hand; then, with a quick up- 



