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all know that wien the hive is close, less heat will 

 pass off than if raised an inch. 



OBJECTION ANSWERED. 



You object to this, and tell me, "the worms will get 

 between the bottom of the hive and the board." Well, 

 I think they will, and what then ? Why I expect if you 

 intend to succeed, that you will get them out, and 

 crush their heads ; if you cannot give as much attention 

 as this, better not keep them, or let some one have the 

 care of them that will. I am as willing to find a worm 

 under the edge of the hive, and dispatch it, as to have 

 it creep into some place out of sight, and change to 

 the moth. I once trimmed off the bottom of my hives 

 to a thin edge, so they did not have this place for 

 their cocoons, but now prefer to have them square. 

 J[ZZj3rq/i< is seldom obtained with anything. If you 

 plant a field with corn, you do not expect that the 

 whole work for the crop is finished. Neither should 

 you expect when you set up a stock of bees, that a 

 full yield will be realized without something more. 

 If you are remunerated by keeping the weeds from 

 your corn, be assured it is equally profitable to weed 

 out your bees, 



INSUFFICIKNCr OF INCLINED BOTTOM-BOARD. 



Now do not be deceived in this matter, and through 

 mdolence be induced to get those hives with descend- 

 ing bottom-boards, to throw out the worms as they 

 fall, and hope by that means to get rid of the trouble; 

 (I have already, in another chapter, expressed doubta 

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