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aatundly cluster closely together to keep up their animal 
heat, and should the cold weather last a length of t me 
honey V in J the* q ” entl ^- d0eS ’ lhe beeS wil1 consume all the 
to death in V- mm ^ lat , e no, S hb n ? rhood . and then starve 
ververn l i hl y e of pkDt y- The combs are usually 
very crooked and irregular, and the bees are not all of l 
mind to move at once, and should a few scattering bees 
SmZard ^ W0U ' d ^ Chi " ed and dro P u P° n th ° e b ot- 
the A t t on t l er i ti efu th t. br ^ th0fthe beo ^11 condense in 
tlm top part of the hive in form of frost during a long 
P „, 0 . d f co . ld weather. I have repeatedly seen it sev^ 
ken ;" U Tv 10 d , e P tb ’ where colonics were small thus 
toZ V , f, '° m g ° iD « U P amon S st the combs for 
honey, many times starving them in this way; and when 
the weather moderates this frost will melt and drip over 
Bhouhnr lt fa J ll A t0 the bottDln board and chills 1 them 
bhould thm not destroy them the freezing of the water 
ESrjr- b " ,rJ "" cl °“> 
!• communication of air which will cause their 
S , 0, ‘, Sh ° Uld . the ^ not P eidsb b c f ore. How many 
in a eh, st, ^ bee ' master found his bees all dead 
Jn a cluster with a plenty of honey in the hive ! 
If a colony has lost its queen I can readily discover 
o V , r y ; -pH n f 0at t e l aCh ^' amC Se P aratc unfil a11 arc looked 
1 1 b “(. tbc 7 have 110 f I ueen I can readily give 
‘ co ® °' le ’ or facihtles f or rearing one, which they will 
facilitate the rapid evaporation of the watery par- 
tilaH Tu bave g iveu a large or small ven- 
ccssful 1 at the W1 ° f thC mastcr which is entirely suc- 
Over swarming is prevented by an artificial process 
nown as dividing or artificial swarming, clipping out of 
