390 How to Use Chaff-Hives. 
3d. They give entire freedom from care of the bees from 
September till March. 
4th. Preparation for winter requires only slight labor. 
5th. We can easily get at the bees at any time. 
6th. The bees are not excited by a slight rise in tem- 
perature, and so are not lost by flying on cold days; do not 
breed in winter and spring when they need quiet, and do 
not “dwindle” in spring. 
7th. They are valuable aids in building up nuclei and 
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Section of a Chaff- Hive, 
weak colonies at cold periods at any one time of the year. 
Sth. They are specially desirable to protect the bees in 
April and May, and prevent “spring dwindling.” 
RULES FOR THEIR USE. 
Mr. Poppleton urges the following important points: 
st. Pack early in autumn before cold weather, and do 
not remove the packing till the warm weather has come to 
stay. 
