STOCK HIVES 
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fi'avfe in it 30 thousand tees. 
Weight of Bees. 
4,640 bees weigh - - — 1 Lb. 
It therefore, before you hive a 
swarm, you weigh the empty hive 
. hito which it is to be put, you can 
at nigat weigh hive, bees aod all 
together: then deduct the weight 
of the hive, and you will then know 
the exact weight and cumber of 
your b>es. If the bees weigh 3 and 
a half lbs. (about 16 thousand bees) 
they are a middling swarm: u 
they weigh four ib. 5 oz. [twen¬ 
ty thousand lees] they are a very 
