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empty hives in connection with the one containing bees, 

 and in a few years all will be full. He has discovered 

 a mixture to feed bees, (to be noticed; hereafter) ; this 

 may account for an uutisual quantity being stored by 

 an ordinary sized family. He said another thing, that 

 is, each of these added hives would contain a queen I 

 This would seem to explain away the first difficulty of 

 the continued increase of bees, and so it would if it 

 did not get into another equally erroneous; one error 

 never made another true. This idea of bees raising a 

 queen, merely because they have a side box to the 

 main hive, is contrary to all my experience, and to the 

 experience of all writers (except himself) that I have 

 consulted. If the principle is correct, why not some- 

 times raise a queen in a box on the top or side for us ? 

 I never discovered a single instance, where two perfect 

 queens were quietly about their duties in connection 

 with one hive. The deadly hostility of queens is 

 known to all observing . apiarians. Not having the 

 least faith in the principle, I will leave it. 



UTILITY OF MOTH-PROOF HIVES DOUBTED. 



As for moth-proof hives, I have but little to say, as 

 I have not the least faith in one of them. When I 

 come to speak of that insect, I will show, I think, con- 

 clusively, that no place where bees are allowed to enter 

 is safe from them. 



Several other perfect hives might be mentioned ; yet 

 I believe that I have noticed the principles of each. 

 Have I not said enough ? Such as are not satisfied 

 now would not be if I filled a volume. Our view of 



