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are quite full of comb, except near the close of the season. If 
a stock in a movable-comb hive seems less prosperous than its 
neighbors, the cause should be sought for and removed. (Page 
54.) Place sweetened water in shallow white dishes among the 
hives to ensnare millers. (Page 104.) Sow buckwheat and 
furnish your neighbors with seed. (Page 44.) 
July. 
To secure the greatest quantity of pure white combs, remove 
the honey boxes as fast as filled. (Page 51.) A few days’ 
neglect may greatly reduce the amount of surplus. To induce 
the bees to commence quickly in the second set of boxes, put in 
large guide combs or elevate the full boxes. (Page 129.) After 
removing honey from the hive keep it in a dry cool place. If 
kept in a damp cellar it becomes thin and sometimes sours. The 
boxes should stand the same side up that they did on the hive, 
with paper or cloth pasted over the holes to exclude insects. 
(Page 51.) Aid weak colonies by killing all worms found 
about them, and strengthen them by occasionally exchanging 
with a strong stock for a comb of brood nearly mature. Should 
the yield of honey be very great, a populous colony will fre- 
quently store its combs so full as almost to put a stop to breed- 
ing, when the bees will cluster idly about the entrance. They 
may be aroused to action by giving them an empty frame, or 
frames of empty comb placed near the centre of the hive, by 
removing the others outward. See that the hives are shaded 
from the sun. (Page 84.) 
