management of bees. 
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must be such as flows spontaneously 
from the combs* cut into a hair sieve 
transversely, left to flow through the 
sieve into a vessel beneath, and never 
squeezed nor the running of it forced 
by heat| and after it has so flowed 
through the sieve, it should be again 
strained through a finer one, so that 
not a particle of wax should mix with 
it, which creates a fermentation and 
spoils the honey. 
Honey, however, so prepared, al¬ 
ways becomes sacharine; but if the 
hive itself is kept, and the combs 
taken as they are wanted, the beau¬ 
tiful and transparent honey will pre¬ 
serve its clearness, sweetness, and 
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