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with a dead air space around the entire colony, and the 
comb frames so arranged that the bees will build their 
combs perfectly straight within them every time. All 
of these qualities are combined in the Compound Hive. 
GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 
ft will be understood that when I speak of hives, I 
am speaking of the old-fashioned box or straw hive and 
my Compound and Glass Hives, as these last are the hives 
my experiments have been conducted in. 
I hold that if bees are kept at all some general rules 
or system of management is necessary for 41s to follow. 
If colonies of bees dwindle away and run out it is our 
business to learn its causes and remedy the evil if we 
can, and not have it occur the second time. 
Should your bees leave your hives for the woods after 
being hived, should you not use your inventive genius 
and remedy it if possible ? What would you think of a 
farmer that lot his cattle aud horses run to the forests 
and become wild again ? The same will apply to your 
bees. 
If the moth miller destroys your bees, must you for- 
ever submit to its pestiferour assaults without trying to 
overcome it ? 
If your bees die out iu winter, learn the causo and 
overcome the evil- and not have it occur again. 
If your bees are being robbed, can you not assist the 
weaker swarms to protect themselves rgainst the strong- 
er? 
These and many other evils that will be spoken of 
hereafter, have given rise to the present hive I now de- 
scribe in this book. 
Prom frequent examinations aud experiments, I am 
