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BEE -CULTURE. 



secured, as success depends greatly upon promptness in hiving 

 swarms as they issue ; for if left hanging upon a tree in the heat of 





Fig. 1453. 



A, B, G, yellow band* 

 (C showing pure blood) ; 

 J, E, L, M, bands of 

 down, common to all 

 Fig. 1453. bees. 



How to Tell Hybrids from Pure Italians. 



the sun, they soon become impatient, and often fly off and become 



lost in consequence. 



A good hiving apparatus may be made of half-inch bass wood 



boards, about 

 eight inches 

 square by sixteen 

 inches deep, with 

 one end closed 

 and the other 

 open, nailed to- 

 gether as strongly 

 as possible, and 

 bored full of holes 

 with a three- 

 fourths inch bit. 

 Fasten this box 

 on the end of a 

 light pole, which 

 is yet strong 

 enough to hold a 

 large swarm and 





Fio. 1454.— The Queen and Her Retinue. 



