Care to be given to Bees, 
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of resistance. As soon, however, as the colony 
begins to go abroad again in search of honey, 
the entrance should be widened according to 
the wants of the hive. 
When honey has been removed from a bar 
hive, care should be taken to fasten down the 
crown-board hermetically, and not to leave any 
pieces of honey about on the top, by which 
robber bees may be attracted. 
If a super or a hive full of honey be taken, 
the stock hive should be carefully covered up, 
so that no strange bee can effect an entrance. 
In order to induce the bees to leave a super 
full of honey, which has just been taken, place 
it in some isolated position where the bees are 
not likely to be attacked by cold ; then rap on 
it sharply with the hand, and the bees will all 
return to the apiary. 
If, however, they cannot be induced to leave 
by these means, the super should be replaced 
on the stock hive, for it is probable that, under 
these circumstances, the queen bee has remained 
in it. She should be allowed to go back into 
the stock hive, and the operation may be again 
repeated with every probability of a success- 
ful result. As soon as the bees have almost 
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