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WINTERING. 



boards that" can be taken off to remove the dead bees in 

 Spring. 



641. After having used some eighty chaff-hives during 

 twenty-five years or more, we find two disadvantages in them : 

 1st. They are heavy and inconvenient to handle, especially 

 when made to accommodate ten large Dadant frames. 2d. As 



Pig. 134. 



INSIDE OF THE CHESHIRE HIVE. 



hs, Mves sides -with cork-dust for packing, sc, section case, 

 s, separators, frij foundation. 



'Sj section. 



they do not allow the heat or cold to pass in and out readily, 

 the bees in these hives may remain in-doors, in occasional 

 warm Winter days, while those of thin-front hives will have 

 a cleansing flight. Thus, in hard Winters, these bees suffer as 

 much from diarrhoea (636-784) as others, unless the Apiar- 

 ist takes pains to disturb them and make them fly, occasionally, 

 in suitable weather. 



