— 
In the ita rveig gainst the pra 
tice 0 chp thee Piste 
jas extreme heat’ or cold alike injurious to 
} their increase—which ay be avoided with 
very little expense. © And that, it may be pro- 
perly doe, it is necessary to have a close’ 
frame, fitted up with sheives, to keep them | 
through the winter or season of rest, which is 
from about the first of November in common 
seasons, bat sometimes later, until about the 
‘first of April, when they should be removed 
to another, open in front, and fitted like the 
former, only that the shelves must be wider 
apart, and particular care -ainst-betaken thar 
the hives are sheltered from the meridian sun 
of summer, as I have known the honey melt & 
fall through excessive heat, and this is the true} 
cause why the Bees collect in chisters under 
_ the hive. 
If Bees are attended to in this manner, they 
will swarm much earlier than common, as the 
whole stock is preserved; and by pursuing the 
old method of killing them, the increase will 
be nearly double that of those that are expos- 
ed, But as this appears cruel in the extreme, 
{think it desirable that another and a better 
plan be devised; to wit: At the time the Bees 
are hived, let two hives be prepared instead of 
one; the upper one to be about half the size of 
the lower, or about one fcot or nine inches 
square; each to be made of pine: the one) 
to have an inch hole’ perforated in the 
tob, through which there will be a commu 
nication to the upper hive or box, They wili 
fill the top hive first, and when they have be- 
gan to work in the lower cne, the top box 
may be taken off, and the hole stopped up, 
and no fears need be entertained with regard 
to their not being able to lay up sufficient siote 
for the winter, as early swarms generally have | 
‘their hives full by Midsummer. © This plan 
may therefere be pursued with all eariy swarms | 
with safety; but a different one with late ones; | 
| one hive is. sufficient for Such, and ihey hi 
; enough to do to provide for themselves, . We 
these remain unmolested until about the . 
of July of the next sum MEX. an¢ be dealt v 
‘asold hives; although it be ter t 
few of, these for breed 
eats 
reserve 
; ey increase 
ich pee than yung ones. cas Y uae pur- 
ol 2 
hive into. i or it matters not Whether it be 
old or new, $0 that it is clean; as every erson 
who knows. any thing about Bees, knows they 
don’t like dirt. This may be done by the mile 
‘smoke of old rags or corn cobs, which wil?| 
mange them to remove, but do no material in- 
jury. By pursuing this plan, you will find. 
that Instead ef 6, 8, or a dozen hives, your 
| stock will be encreased in a few years to fifes 
|or an hundred, and consequently your quanuty 
of honey will be encreased; which wiil abun-_ 
daptly compensate you for all your trouble, ay 
well: as save you the unpleasant task of Ges- 
arovme.t whose Senate creatures. ; j 
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