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CHAPTER XIV. 
CARE TO BE GIVEN TO BEES AT DIFFERENT 
SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 
When bees begin to leave their hives with 
the first warmth of spring, great care should be 
taken not in any way to hinder their egress, as 
at this time of the year they require to be in the 
open air, in order to get rid of the evacuations 
which would otherwise accumulate either on the 
floor-board or sides of the hives. Matters would 
become worse if they were confined against 
their will. Their excitem^ent would become 
excessive, and the internal warmth would, by 
this very fact, increase the dampness deposited 
on the sides of the hive and on the combs. At 
their first exit, the bees would cover the exterior 
of the hives with a yellow excrement, and pos- 
sibly some hives would perish from diarrhoea, 
