FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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moved less than its width to one side, and there is no 

 possible danger of their entering the wrong place. I 

 have tried it, and watched the result, therefore I speak 

 of not what the bees ought to do, but what they do do. 



CHANGING FROM DOUBLE TO SINGLE HIVES. 



Can we as easily get them back into two hives in 

 the spring when they become crowded in this double 

 hive? Just exactly as easily. We simply reverse the 

 operation. Take the double hive from its place and re- 

 place it with the two hiyes, then remove the contents of 

 the double fiive and put them in the proper single hives, 

 and the bees will go every time to the right place. I 



Fig. 106. — Colonies Home from Out-Apiaries. 



speak again from personal observation as to what the 

 bees actually do. 



