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urge again the convenience of the simple, common hive, 
over those more complicated, or suspended, and diffi- 
cult to turn over. In one case we might make an ex- 
amination in season ; in the other, too much trouble 
and difficulty might cause it to be put off too long.) 
The hive must be inverted, and the bees smoked out 
of the way. Our attention is to be directed to the 
breeding cells ; with a sharp-pointed knife, proceed to 
cut off the ends of some of them that appear to be the 
oldest; bearing in mind that young bees are always 
white, until some time after they take the chrysalis 
state. Therefore, if a larva is found of a dark color, 
it is dead ! Should a dozen such be found, the stock 
should be condemned at once, and all the bees driven 
into an empty hive. (The directions for this have 
been given, see page 31.) If honey should be scarce, 
at the time, they should be fed. 
SCALDING THE HONEY TO DESTROY THE POISON FOR FEEDING. 
The honey from the old hive may be used, if you 
will only first destroy the virus. This, I have ascer- 
tained, may be done by scalding : add a half-pint of 
water to about ten lbs. ; stir it well, and heat it to the 
boiling point, and carefully remove all the scum. 
Stocks in which the disease has not progressed too 
far, will generally swarm. 
WHEN TO EXAMINE STOCKS THAT HAVE SWARMED. 
Three weeks from the first swarm, will be the time 
to examine them. I make it a rule to inspect all my 
stocks at this period. It is easily done now, as about 
