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same chapter. Towards evening close the entrance, and 

 remove them to the exact position they are intended 

 permanently to occupy. Success depends on this, and 

 also on their careful removal on the evening of hiving. 

 The following morning they will labour in their new 

 location, marking well their habitation before they take 

 flight, and not failing to return to it loaded with luscious 

 store. 



The general directions must be observed in applying 

 the supers (Chap. V. § xiii.). When the time arrives the 

 thermometer will rise rapidly to 100 degrees or upwards. 

 To prevent swarming the zinc slides on the wooden top 

 must now be withdrawn, and the bell glasses put on, 

 covered and protected by the upper hive ; a day or two 

 after which all signs of swarming will at once disappear, 

 the bees now having increased storage-room, which they 

 will readily fill with comb. The ventilator should always 

 remain open during the day, to allow the hot air to pass 

 away from the interior, thereby contributing to the white- 

 ness and beauty of the work; the bees enjoy the refresh- 

 ment of coolness thereby afforded, and they work the 

 faster for it. At evening all ventilation should be 

 stopped, and the glasses wrapped round with some 

 warm material. We now supply flannel-lined baize bags 

 to each glass sent out with the hive. 



The directions for taking honey are much the same as 

 usual (Chap. V. § xiv.). A slide seven inches and a half 

 square is furnished with the hive, and is useful to remove 



