rORTY YEARS AMONG THE PEES. 



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colonies will swarm out. If the cellar has been open all 

 night, they will find little change of air on being carried 

 out, and so will not fly out of the hives for the sake of 

 getting air, but only to take their cleansing flight. 



Of course, there is an understanding with the 

 women-folks about the time the bees are taken out, lest 

 they spot the clothes on the line on a wash-day, but the 



Fig. 14. — Wa,cf07i Load of Sees. 



bees have the right of way, and if there is a clash, the 

 wash-day must be postponed. 



SIZE OF ENTRANCE. 



While the bees were in the cellar, they had an en- 

 trance I2]4,yi2 inches, and during the cool days of spring, 

 after they are taken out of the cellar, it is no longer desir- 

 able to have so large an entrance. So after the bees 

 have had their first flight, the entrance is closed down to 

 a very small one by means of an entrance-block. Before 



