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low out the upper side so as to cause the honey to' 
sottle to its centre ; now lay on comb filled with hon- 
ey filtered into the colls (West India honey is as good 
as any) remove the drawers and place it in the cham- 
ber of the hive: one piece of comb may bo laid over 
another, thus filled, until the chamber is nearly full 
_I have known a single swarm to store away 10 
pounds in a day and night. The bottom board and 
ventilator should bo closed at this lime, and if thorn 
aro but few bees, one or two of the holes at the hive’s 
mouth should be sloped so as to enable the bees to 
guard their entrunce, and resist their enemies. 
A hive of bees should weigh at least 25 pounds more 
than the weight of tho liivo on the first ot December. 
chapter 11- 
ON WINTERING DEES. 
When I have let my bees stand out, I have suc- 
ceeded best in wintering them by Suspending the bots 
tom board at least an inch from tho liivo and’ kept the 
ventilator open, t have kept about sixty swarms in 
a dry cellar made in the side of a hill several seasons 
without loosing a single swarm and yet I have found 
some mouldy combs in some few of the hives in the 
spring which has induced me to construct an apiary 
at considerable, expense which will answer for sum- , 
mer and winter and save the trouble of much hard’ 
