72 AN EAST METHOD 



in which the bees are to winter over it. If the bees mani- 

 fest any hostility towards each other, it is very easy to 

 remove one or both of the drawers from the hive that is 

 under, and blow smoke into its chamber, which will enter 

 through the apertures among the bees, which will soon bring 

 them to terms of peace, and the bees mingle together in the 

 upper hive. Now the lower hive may be removed, and 

 preserved, with all its contents, for a new swarm the follow- 

 ing season, and is worth more for this purpose than it ordi- 

 narily can be for any other. 



