t IN WINTER 85 
turned up with a spout to waVd t£f 
the rain. For the doospofycur hive 
you should have a stick with two 
small holes cut in it a qr. of an 
inch high and wide: tut on any 
fine day, when the bees are issu¬ 
ing in great cumbers you may fake 
if away till night. Yonr hives 
should be well plastered about the 
bottom with lime. It is a very good 
cover for cat-standing hives to pot 
a quantity of pob or tow on their 
tops and then to plaster it down 
with lime; because this both keeps 
them warm and the lime car. be 
easily taken off,' then pat a straw 
