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Ontario Department of Agriculture 



FRUIT BRANCH 



CIRCULAR No. 27 



TRANSFERRING OF BEES 



F. ERIC MILLEN, Provincial Apiarist 



Beekeepers cannot be classed among the successful if they continue to 

 keep bees in box hives when all should produce maximum crops. Box hives 

 should be succeeded by movable-frame hives for the foUovi^ing reasons : 



A Box-Hive. 



Bees in hox-hives cannot he managed so that the beekeeper is the master. 

 It is impossible to control foulhrood in box-hives. 

 Bees in box-hives swarm excessively. 



The keeping of bees in box-hives usually means a neglectful beekeeper. 

 You should not belong to this class. 



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