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spread over more territory?" And then the cold chills 

 would run up and down my back. But the sudden stop 

 didn't come, and the crop was finished in good style. 

 The supers were all well filled with bees, and although I 

 took some chances as to unfinished work, I feel pretty 



Pig. 49. — Linden or Basswood Blossoms. 



sure that if I had allowed less room it would have been at 

 a loss. But that was a very exceptional case. 



Usually, in a fair season, when the harvest is in full 

 blast and fairly along, there will be three or four supers 

 upon each hive. That does not mean, by any means, that 



