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empty hives in connection with the one containing bees, 
and in a few years all will be full. He has discovered 
a mixture to feed bees, (to be noticed hereafter) ; this 
may account for an unusual quantity being stored by 
an ordinary sized family. He said another thing, that 
is, each of these added hives would contain a queen ! 
This would seem to explain away the first difficulty of 
the continued increase of bees, and so it would if it 
did not get into another equally erroneous; one error 
never made another true. This idea of bees raising a 
queen, merely because they have a side box to the 
main hive, is contrary to all my experience, and to the 
experience of all writers (except himself) that I have 
consulted. If the principle is correct, why not some- 
times raise a queen in a box on the top or side for us ? 
I never discovered a single instance, where two perfect 
queens were quietly about their duties in connection 
with one hive. The deadly hostility of queens is 
known to all observing apiarians. Not having the 
least faith in the principle, I will leave it. 
UTILITV OF MOTH-PROOF HIVES DOUBTED. 
As for moth-proof hives, I have but little to say, as 
I have not the least faith in one of them. When I 
come to speak of that insect, I will show, I think, con- 
clusively, that no place where bees are allowed to enter 
is safe from them. 
Several other -perfect hives might be mentioned; yet 
I believe that I have noticed the principles of each. 
Have I not said enough ? Such as are not satisfied 
now would not be if I filled a volume. Our view of 
