112 Dureétions how to fupply Bees with Food. 
has got an aidcicidial fupply of twelve oF fixe 
teen pounds, it fhould be allowed to remain at ~ - 
' Teaft as many weeks, if not altogether ; only at- 
this feafon, place all the combs in the eek, in 
the fame order in which they were naturally 
in the hive they were taken from ;—the up- 
permott cells to be ftill upermoft, and fo of 
the reft, leaving a {pace of an inch and a half 
betweén the combs. The combs mutt be fixed — 
with {ticks to make them ftand on their edges, 
and they fhould run as much in the fame di- 
reCtion as poffible, with thofe in the hive. The 
bees will foon join the combs together, and 
render them fit to be lifted all at once. In 
Spring, if the original hive be large, the eek’ 
and combs may be removed, but if {mall, they 
fhould both remain during Summer. 
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and it has this additional advantage, that it may be executed at 
little expence, and occafion a faving of all the honey in the old 
combs that will not run out, or that happens to be mixed with 
bee-bread, eggs, or young bees. All fuch honey ought to be 
thrown into thefe granaries, and the bees will foon carry up all. 
the honey, and place it in their own refervoirs; leaving only the 
empty combs, which can be melted and made into wax after- 
wards. ‘It need hardly be added, that the bees do not, in fuch 
cafes, inftantly eat all the additional honey that is given them, 
‘but only lay it up for future ufe. 
