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BEE PASTUKAGE AND PBODDCTS. 
the holes, which may be covered with blocks or an empty box 
turned bottom up. Set the full boxes right side up on strips 
upon the stand, so that they shall be three-eighths of an inch 
from the board and five or six inches from the entrance of the 
hive. Gently rap upon the boxes until the bees begin it 
good earnest to leave for the hive. Being filled with honey 
there is no danger of their stinging from the rough treatment 
received. The humming of those that enter will give notice 
to the others of their position near their home. Should some 
remain in the boxes they may be left till morning if the 
weather be pleasant, but must be removed early lest the bees 
commence carrying the honey into the hive. If preferred the 
boxes may be placed upon their sides in a tight box or bar 
rel, and a thin cloth thrown over the top. Seeing the light thf 
bees will creep up on the cloth, and if this be turned over ocea 
sionally all except a few young ones will find their way back to 
the hive. Late in the season, when the nights are cool, if thl 
cap be raised in the evening, the boxes will usually be clear o 
bees by morning. As soon as the flowers have failed or thf 
bees commence carrying down honey from the unsealed cells, a! 
boxes should be removed, unless, as is sometimes the case, whet 
the latter part of the season has been unfavorable, an insufi 
cient supply has been stored in the body of the hive. In thi 
case not only allow the bees to remove the honey from the ui 
sealed cells, but shave the caps from the others, when all will 1 
carried below. 
