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How to Use Chaff-'- Hives. 



3d. They give entire freedom from care of the bees from 

 September till March. 



4th. Preparation for winter requires only slight labor. 



5th. We can easily get at the bees at any time. 



6th. The bees are not excited ny a slight rise in tem- 

 perature, and so are not lost by flying on cold days; do not 

 breed in winter and spring when thej' need quiet, and do 

 not "dwindle" in spring. 



yth. They are valuable aids in building up nuclei and 



Fig. 187. 



Section of a C/iaff-Hive. 



weak colonies at cold periods at any one time of the year. 

 8th. They are specially desirable to protect the bees in 

 April and May, and prevent "sprmg dwindling." 



RULES FOR TI-IEIR USE. 



Mr. Poppleton urges the following important points: 

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

 not remove the packing till the warm weather has come to 



stay. 



