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suffered very little in any kind of hive. Usually we have many very 

 cold bleak days in April and early May; then protection pays exceed- 

 ingly well. The principle is a good one, " It pays to protect.' 7 Occa- 

 sionally we have a spring like that of 1891, when it is unnecessary, but 

 we should conduct our business for the general, not the exceptional. 





