HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



become a perfect medium for keeping the bees 

 warm, and likewise usually prevent the honey 

 from granulating. 



The cells in which the workers are reared 

 are much smaller than those in which they 

 rear their drones. While it cannot be said that 

 all cells are mathematically correct, it can be 

 generally stated that there are about twenty- 

 five cells to a square inch. 



It cannot be said that the bees act with 

 intelligence in the matter of cell-building, 

 first building worker and then drone cells, 

 for recent experiments seem to prove that they 

 are simply reflex machines, obeying without 

 violation a law of nature. 



Besides the combs we will find that the bees 

 have used some propolis, or bee-glue, with 

 which they have stopped the cracks of their 

 hive and rendered it rain and wind proof. 

 For some reason the bees cannot tolerate any 

 foreign object in their homes, and should a piece 

 of wood or other movable substance be thrown 

 into their hives, they will immediately proceed 



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