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hives die in severe than in mild 
winders. In .January, every hiv© 
must be gently lifted off the floor, 
and the Boer must be carefully 
cieaased of.dead bees and filth and 
then it must be plastered about the 
eiges again, and covered as be¬ 
fore. 
When a Queen-bee ties in win¬ 
ter., and the bees have no eggs to 
raise a young Queen from, (accr¬ 
uing to Schirach’s method), they 
desert their own hive and go into 
other hives. When a hive dies In 
winter or spring, it should be care¬ 
fully kept to put swarms into. 
