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work, £very hive should he again 
lifted and cleansed from dead bees 
find filth, and again plastered about 
the skirts, 33 was before done in 
January. 
Sometimes, in Spring, hives at® 
found without a single bee in them 
(or, perhaps there may be a do 
fees ot twa)> and the owner is at 
a loss to account for the cause: 
The reasons will be found to bo 
6ns of these two :~— 
1st. Perhaps after being shine- 
time confined by bad weather, they 
contract deseases and many of them 
die, and then when good weather 
