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me. When I go to an out-apiary, I always want to bring 

 home with me all the honey taken off that day. Even 

 at home I want it taken in the same day it 

 is taken off. I may want to go else- 

 where the next morning, and I don't want to be 

 hindered from an early start by having to get it in be- 

 fore starting. Besides, I am just a little afraid that if I 

 should make a practice of leaving honey out over escapes 

 till the next day, some one none too scrupulous might 

 learn the trick and by a night visit save me the trouble 

 of taking off some of the honey. So whatever honey 

 is taken off any day is got into the house before we get 

 to bed that night ; for sometimes it happens that when 

 we have a big day's work at an out-apiary we do not get 

 home till 8 o'clock or later. 



Fig. 65, — One-Omt Cage. 

 SMOKING BEES DOWN. 



When a super is to be taken off, smoke is blown 

 down into it until a sufficient number of bees have gone 



