Chaff Hives. 



SULKS FOB THEIR USE. 



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Mr, Poppleton urges the following important points: 



1st. Pack early in_ Autum n before cold weathe r, and do 



Fig. 164. 



not remove the packing till the warm weather has come to stay. 



Fig. 165. 



2d. Have five or six inches on all sides of bees, of fine 

 chaff — timothy is best — entirely freed from straw. 



3d. Be sure and have the chaff below the bees a s well as 

 above and on the sidesT 



4th"! Do not put the chaff above the bees on loose, but con- 

 fine in sacks. This is for convenience and neatness. 



