Ipw, and yet, tn chilly weather unless the bottom hoard 
is closed up, there is danger of destroying the chry- 
salis by a chill ; hence the beo manager will see the 
propriety of closing up the bottom board at every cold 
turn of weather during the brooding season, which, 
in Vermont usually lasts from April to late in Sep- 
tember. 
C H APT E It 4. 
ON PREVENTING ROBBERIES. 
Bees rob each other when but little or no honey 
can be obtamed and at no other time : to prevent this, 
the bottom board should bo brought under the con. 
trol of the button and the hive kept closed until honey 
is easily obtained from blossoms, leaving the month of 
the hive open only. As the entrance ot the hive is 
made by bonng 7 holes with a centre bit 3-8 of an 
inch in diameter, not larger, 2 or 3 inches from its 
bottom, the reader will see at once that these holes 
are easily guarded by the bees as the ventilator is to 
bo closed except in very hot, and in cold weather, 
1 he bottom board should be let down once or twice a 
week and eloured to keep any webs from forming be- 
twixt that and the edges of tho hive. The bottom 
board should bo white washed with lime every spring 
as the boos are very fond of it and is very conducive 
lo their health. 
