110 Direétions how to fupply Bees with Food. — 
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CHAP. XV. (i 
DIRECTIONS HOW TO SUPLY BEES WITH Faon. 
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As bees fometimes run fhort of provifions, ef- 
_ pecially when there is a long continuanceof cold 
or wet weather, during Spring, or even inthe be- 
ginning of Summer, it is abfolutely neceflary to 
re-inforce the hives, efpecially the light ones, 
with additional ftore. There are four methods — 
of fupplying the hives in fuch cafes, which I 
fhall lay before the reader, and one or other of 
which, every bee-mafter fhould attend to, at 
fuch feafons,of the year as he finds his bees 
will need a re-inforcement of provifion. 
I, The firfi, and indeed the beft method is 
by ecking®. Take an eek,* of fix or eight rows 
deep, and place it on a ftool, with the quanti- 
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** To eek, in the Scotch dialed, fignifies Itterally to add to 
any thing. The eek, or addition here meant, is a part of an old 
hive, cut down on purpofe, to give room for placing the fupply of 
povilioa uader the deficient hive. 
