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AN EASY METHOD OF 
weather prevents flowers from yielding honey 
without frost. 
Bees need but little air at any time when 
they rob; and yet moye is necessary for them 
when confined by compulsory means, than 
otherwise. When deprived of their liberty , 
they soon become restless, and use their best 
efforts to make their way out of the hive ; — 
hence the importance of leaving a small space 
all around the bottom, to admit air and to 
prevent their melting down, or use a screen 
bottom board, which is better. 
RULE V. 
ON EQUALIZING COLONIES. 
Hive one swarm in the lower apartment of 
the hive ; collect another swarm in a drawer, 
and insert the same in the chamber of the 
hive containing the fiist. Then if the swarms 
are small, collect another small swarm in 
another drawer, and insert the same in the 
chamber of the hive containing the first, by 
the side of the second. In case all the bees 
from either of the drawers, mingle and go 
