tORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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ly filled below. A look at the under part of the upraised 

 super will decide it. The sharp, circular end of the hive- 

 tool is thrust under the supers to pry apart the attach- 

 ment of bee-glue. 



Unless care is taken, bees will be killed when a 

 super, which has just been taken off, is put back again. 

 Sometimes there may be so few bees in the way that the 



Pig. 64. — Load of Forty Supers. 



super can be put on quickly without danger. Oftener 

 too many bees are in the way for this, so I put one end 

 on its place, and with a series of rapid up-and-down mo- 

 tions, gradually lower the other end to its place. This 

 gives the bees time to get out of the way, and there are 

 seldom any crushed by it. 



CLOSE OF CLOVER HARVEST. 



Formerly I took off all supers at the close of the 

 white-clover harvest. Of late there has been a tendency 



