FALL MANAGEMENT. 
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remaining in the weather, and should be picked, if 
possible, just before they are ripe and burst open. 
When not thoroughly dry, put them in the oven after 
the bread is out.” When used, the cuticle or rind 
must be carefully removed ; ignite it by a lamp or 
coal (it will not blaze in burning), blow it, and get it 
thoroughly started, before putting it in the tube. Put 
in the stopper, and blow through it ; if it smokes well, 
you are ready to proceed. When it does not burn 
freely, unstop and shake it out. The dry air is much 
better than moist breath at the commencement. 
DIRECTIONS FOR UNITING TWO FAMILIES. 
The hive to receive the bees is inverted, the other set 
over it right end up, all crevices stopped to prevent the 
escape of the smoke. Now insert the end of the furnigator 
into a hole in the side of the hive (which if not made 
before will need to be now) ; blow into the other end, 
this forces the smoke into the hive ; in two minutes 
you may hear the bees begin to fall. Both hives 
should be smoked ; the upper one the most, as we 
want all the bees out of that. The other only needs 
enough to make the scent of the bees similar to those 
introduced. At the end of eight or ten minutes, the 
upper hive may be raised, and any bees sticking be- 
tween the combs brushed down with a quill. The 
two queens in this case are of course together ; one 
will be destroyed, and no difficulty -arise. But if 
either of them is a young one, and you have been 
convinced by some “bee-doctor” that such are much 
more prolific, and happen to know which hive con 
