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be raised up and down at pleasure# 
(See plate 2. fig. I.) 
in severe frost, or when there is 
snow lying oo the ground, it has been 
recommended to shat up the doors of 
the hive altogether with tow or moss, 
to prevent the bees coming out when 
the sun is shining, and alighting on 
the ground and perishing, as they are 
allured by the glare of snow ; but if 
caution is not used here, there may 
be a great danger of suffocating them, 
especially if the swarm is large. 
A hive should never ba changed from 
one place to another in bad weather; 
for the bees always fly back to their 
former situation, and probably alight 
