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How to Use Chaff-Hives. 



3d. They give entire fie:doin from care of the bees from 

 September till March. 



4th. Preparation for winter requiresonly 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 



Fig. 187. 



Section of a Chaff -Hive, 



weak colonies at cold periods at any one time ofthe yei»r> 

 {^th. 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: 

 1st. Pack early in autumn before cold weather, and do 

 not remove the packing till the warm weather has come to 



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