202 Of the Honey Harvef. 
of the combs. And, as it runs beft in warm 
weather, he fhould take the honey, that he in- 
tends to run out of the combs, immediately 
after the bees have nearly given ‘over work, 
and unite the bees to his ftock hives, as direct- 
ed page 136, &c. 
But honey, that is intended to be kept in the 
combs, ought not to be taken fo foon, as cold 
eather renders the combs more fit to be hand- 
real nd as the bees are all to be kept alive, and 
of pore muft be maintained, it is of no con- 
fequence, in point of expence, whether they 
are allewed to feed ‘on the honey in the hive 
they are foon to leave, or on that of the hive 
to which they are to be united. Bedlides, there 
is an additional advantage, that arifes from their 
being allowed to continue in their native hive; 
as the longer they remain in it, the more young 
bees will be hatched ; which both preferves a 
greater number of bees, and makes the honey 
combs more free of the young brood; fo that 
there is no harm in keeping the ieee in the 
hives till October, when the honey i is not in- 
tended to be run out of them. 
When the honey of a hive is taken in en 
tumn, and there is a great number of young in 
the cells, thofe combs which contain the young, 
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