FORTY YEARS AMONG Till': BEES. 



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many sections were stored. If an unusual number of 

 sections was reached, that record follows the queen as 



Fhj. 16. — Entrance Closers. 



long as she lives. For instance, in the year igo2 there 

 may be found in one case in the marg;in, 44 sec, 60 sec in 

 igoo, lyS sec in pp. That means that the prog'eny of that 

 queen stored 44 sections in the preceding' year, 1901, 60 

 sections in 1900, and 178 sections in 1899. An unusual 

 record, considering the character of the seasons in 1900 

 and 1901. If, in the year 1902, a 1900 queen is by any 

 means replaced by a young queen, a line is drawn through 

 the 00 and 02 is written below it. 



As soon as I have entered in the record the old num- 

 bers that were on the hives, as previously mentioned, 1 

 am ready to enter the respective ages of the queens. If, 

 for instance, I find at the beginning, No. i (231), I 

 turn to No. 231 in last year's record and find the year set 



