48 THK HIVE AND THE HONEY-BEE. 



perfectly see what you do, without danger, having also on ^ fait 

 ,of gloves, whereof woollen are the best." 



.Some writers on bee management have suggested other mode? 

 to prevent objectionable swarming, besides the collateral boxes 

 and the sapped hive. Among these plans I may mention sfpri- 

 fying or piling, and eking. I^he latter Js speedily disposed of ; 

 it consists of adding ehfs,, or additional bands of straw to the 

 bottom of the common hive, aeeorcjing as ;9j(Jditional room was 

 required. The objection i§, t))ftt altihough it may thus answer 

 your purpose during one season, the next finds yoji in as much 

 perplexity as ever. 



Storifying requires sopie notice, gs it jg .9, custom of very .con- 

 siderable antiquity, and also ,as it is a practice that has ^een ap- 

 proved by such eminent bee-masters as Warder, Thorley, and 

 more recently by Dr. Sevan. 



The principal objectiQBs to the sto^ified Mv,e M^ — 



1st, Its occasioning tfae bees greater jtrouble ?,nd labor, an^ 

 hence rendering thesir labor less productive. 



2d, The absence of provision for dividing the ordinary celk 

 from the more sacred and mysterious .operations of the queen, 

 land of course a consequent deterioration of the honey In respect 

 of purity ; besides much inconvenienpe and waste of time to the 

 poor bees, which certainly should fee taken into <;onsid*ration. A 

 laden bee cannot mount up from one box to another, and through 

 a labyrinth of cojnb, with anything like cornfort or ease. 



3d, In taking a box of honey, the proprietor cannot be cer- 

 tain of not taking away a quantity of brood-comb, (fee. This 

 objection, however, may be classed with that which rests on the 

 impurity of the honey, ejtoept with the additional oije, that this 

 also refers to loss of life, which the bees, both brood and adult, 

 must thus sustain. And, 



4th, In consequence of these objectionable circiHnstanoe?, 

 which are the inevitable consequences of the piling system, the 

 profit accruing from su^h management will be f^r inferior to that 

 obtainable by the system I have already repoqi^ended. 



A very eminent writer on bee management says — " In ,pile4 

 boxes bees are subjected to unnecessa,ry labor, which is so far a 

 waste of time. From piled boxes .not nearly the quantity qf 

 honey and wax is procured, that may be procured from collate- 

 ral boxes ; nor is that deficient quantity of a quality at all com- 

 parable with the other. In managing piled boxes many bees are 



