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iho exhalations of the bees, together with other filth 
which is easily removed in tho spring and the bottom 
boords restored to tlieir places. 
I am inclined to think that a beo bouso made for 
two tiers of hiveB on two sides of tho hall any dcsira. 
bio length on this plan, will be an improvement. 
All leeblo swarms of bees, should be wintered in a 
cellar, or in a tompernte place, inasmuch as the an- 
imal hoat necessary to koep them from perishing by 
cold depends on the number of their companions in 
the hive. Some good bee managers recommend uni- 
ting all tho feeble swarms with stronger ones in tho 1 
fall as a matter of economy, qs it not only saves tho 
lives of the bees, but saves also, considerable honey, 
for it is a well authenticated fact, that in wintering 
full colonies of bees, they consume much less honey 
in proportion to their number than feeble ones, 
flwarms of bees may b6 cosily united by fumigating 
both hives with a littlo tobacco smoko which may ba 
blowcd into the hives so ns to sicken them a little, at 
the same time tho effect of tho smoke renders a same- 
ness of smell betwixt tho two; so that the bees do 
not seem to distinguish each other from thoir own 
companions when tho hive to bo expelled is inverted, 
and the one to rccoivc them is set over it : As soon 
as tho two swarms have united in the upper hivo, tho 
jower one may be taken away and tho comb preserve 
ed in its perfect stato for a new swarm tho following 
reason. 
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