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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



glass, best side out at that. But it is especially desirable that 

 the outside shall be a fair index of the entire contents of the 

 case. In the long run there is money to be made by it, to say 

 nothing of the feeling of satisfaction. 



HONEY SHOW. 



When the cases are filled they are stacked up in piles, and 

 these piles are mostly — perhaps always — so arranged as to 

 make the best show possible. There is no object in this beyond 



Fig. 96 — Feeder-Sections. 



the pleasure it gives the family to see it for a few days, 

 perhaps only for a day. But the sight is a beautiful one so 

 long as it lasts, as I think you will agree with me if you look 

 at Pig. 104. 



PLACE TO KEEP HONEY. 



I have sold a crop of honey before it was off the hives 

 and sometimes I have kept part of a crop over till spring. 



In any case the honey for home use in spring must be kept 

 over. It is not the easiest thing in the world to keep it through 

 the winter in good shape. If kept cold it is apt to granulate, 



