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tlie first slide and i lie drawer. Now draw out the 
hox containing the honey, with the slide that is 
»-xt toil. — Set the diawer on its window end, a 
litth? distaitoe from t lie apiary, and remove the 
slide. Now supply the p'aee of the drawer, thus 
removed, with an empty one, ami draw the first 
inserted slide. 
If there is danger of tho bees carrying back the 
honey, or of the box being robbed by other hoes ; 
“taka an empty barrel with one head out, and a * 
bung hole through the other bead ; now set the bar. 
rcl over the drawer which so darkens the interior of 
the barrel where the box of honey remains that the 
bees arc unable to return after they have escaped 
through the hung hole. In this way the lice manu> 
ger can pursue his common business without being in 
danger of losing his honey.” 
CHAPTER 7 . 
ON TRANSFERRING BEES. 
I his operation should never bo performed so long 
as the bees are doing middling well. Tho best meth- 
od of transferring from tho old fashioned hives is as 
follows. Immediately : forthwith, after hiving a 
swarm from the old stock to he transferred, set tho 
new hive containing the swarm as near as possible 
where the old one stood, having removed that a few 1 
yards in front. Now take all the comb, honey, and 
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