Chaff Hives. 



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RULES FOR THEIR USE. 



Mr, Poppleton urges tlie following important points: 



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



Fig. 164. 



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not remove the packing till the warm weather has come to stay. 



Fig. 165. 



2d. Have five or six inches on all sides of bees, ot fine 

 chaff — timothy is best — entirely freed from straw. 



3d. Be sure and have the chaff below the bees as well as 

 above and on the sides. 



4th. Do not put the chaff above the bees on loose, but con- 

 fine in sacks. This is for convenience and neatness. 



