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The best packing material is cork chips, which can sometimes be obtained from 

 fruit stores handling Spanish grapes. Forest leaves are excellent, and planer 

 shavings or chaff are good; but sawdust, clover chaff or anything which draws and 

 holds dampness should be avoided. Some use straw, but it is too open and cold 

 unless cut fine. 



The collapsible >wlntering box makes hlve-liftlng for packing and unpacking very easy. 

 The stands shown are in their permanent summer location. 



The hives in place and three sides of 

 case set up. A feeder-board is shown, 

 also one feeder pail. 



Single wintering case, with large en- 

 trance used in summer. This en-: 

 trance is greatly reduced in winter. 



