MANAGING BEES. 
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slides during tlie process, so as to keep the 
bees from rushing up into the chamber when, 
the box is drawn out. The operator must 
likewise see that the entrances into the draw- 
er are kept covered with the slide, in such a 
manner as to prevent the escape of any of the 
bees, unless he is willing to be stung by them. 
If the bees are permitted to enter the chamber 
in very warm weather, they will be likely to 
hold the occupancy of it, and build comb there, 
which will change the hive into one no better 
than an old fashioned box. 
I have succeeded best in expelling the 
bees from the drawer, by the fol- 
lowing method, to wit : — Shut the window- 
blinds so as to darken one of the rooms in 
the dwelling-house — raise up one casement 
of a window — then carry the drawer and 
place the same on a table, or stand, by the 
window, on its light, or glass end, with the 
apertures towards the light. Now remove 
the slide, and step immediately back into the 
dark part of the room. The bees will soon 
learn their true condition, and will gradually 
leave the drawer, and return home to the 
