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FALL MANAGEMENT. 
had several apiaries away from home, and now manage 
without difficulty. 
ADVANTAGES OF MAKING ONE GOOD STOCK FROM TWO 
s POOR ONES. 
This making one good stock out of two poor ones, 
cannot be too highly recommended; aside from its 
advantages, it relieves us from all disagreeable feel- 
ings in taking life, that we can with but little trouble 
preserve. 
TWO FAMILIES TOGETHER WILL NOT CONSUME AS MUCH 
AS IF SEPARATE. 
Even when a stock already contains bees enough to 
make it safe for winter, another of the same number 
of bees may be added, and the consumption of honey 
will not be five lbs. more than one swarm would consume 
alone. If they should be wintered in the cold, the 
difference might not be one pound. Why more bees 
do not consume a proportionate quantity of honey, 
(which the experience of others as well as myself 
has thoroughly proved), is a mystery, unless the 
greater number of bees creates more animal heat, and 
being warm, eat less, is a solution, (which if it is, is a 
strong reason for keeping bees warm in winter.) 
AN EXPERIMENT. 
Notwithstanding all this, I cannot recommend mak- 
ing a good stock better by adding the bees from another 
good one as a source of profit. I tried it a few times. 
I had purchased some large hives for market, and 
wished to dispose of the bees without sulphur, and 
