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there is wax or propolis to deposit them in. The egg requires some 
nourishment to mature it, and instinct teaches the miller this, and this 
accounts for her anxiety to gain an entrance into the hive where she 
can have access to the wax and combs. The best and most effectual 
protection against the ravages of this insect are strong stocks, and 
hives that afford a small amount of unoccupied room. 
CHAPTER XXV. 
FALL MANAGEMENT... ~~ 
Asovt the first of September it is necessary to examine all the hives 
in the apiary, and those containing weak swarms, or such as do not 
fill their hives, should be set close upon their floors, and the entrance 
for the bees contracted so as to admit only one or two at a time. This 
will, in a great measure, prevent their being attacked by robbers. The 
weight of each hive should be ascertained, and if found to contain less, 
than twenty lbs. of honey, they should be fed until that amount is 
made up. October is the month for feeding. The hives from this 
time till spring should be sheltered from the rays of the sun, and kept 
in as even a temperature as possible. 
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CHAPTER XXVI. 
WINTERING BEES. 
Mucu diversity of opinion exists among apiarians inregard to win- 
tering bees, as well as on other points connected with bee culture. 
Some recommend burying them in the earth, some removing them 
into barns or other out-buildings, some into cellars, while others let 
them remain on the stand unprotected and exposed to all the various 
changes of the weather, during winter warmed and animated by the rays 
