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will appear by-and-by. These purchases made quite 

 an additional bill. 



Level, $1 50 



Scissors, 75 



2 Comb-carriers, 3 50 



15 Honey-gates, at 50c. 7 50 



Butcher-knife, 50 



Auger, 1 00 



Chisel-knife, 50 



Atomizer, 1 50 



Cord, 20 



$16 95 



The willows had given some pollen since the last 

 of March, and the bees had been carrying it into the 

 hives every warm day. April 15th, the maples 

 began to open, the weather was warm, and the bees 

 were very active. The next day being equally 

 pleasant I determined to begin transferring. About 

 ten o'clock when many of the bees were out in the 

 woods, I turned one of the box hives top end down 

 and set upon it one of my new hives. Then wrap- 

 ping a blanket around the junction of the two, to 

 stop every crevice and exclude the light, I rapped 

 smartly with a stick on the outside of the old hive 

 for about a minute to alarm the bees, and set them 

 to filling themselves with honey. Then keeping up 

 an occasional rap I waited for about ten minutes, 

 by which time I judged that every bee had gorged 

 itself. Then I rapped more loudly and briskly to 

 drive the bees from the lower old hive up into the 

 new one. In ten minutes more I lifted off the new 



