MANAGING BEES. 
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be made perfect by them in a, few days. 
Bees never make honey, but extract it from 
such flowers and other substances as yield 
it without producing any change from its 
original state. Good honey is taken princi- 
pally from white clover, orchards, sugar- 
maple, bass, and other forest trees, while in 
blossom. Poor honey is extracted from buck- 
wheat, and low land flowers, hence, those 
who would save their good honey unadulter- 
ated by that which is poor, will remove it 
before the latter can be extracted. 
Special care is necessary in storing draw- 
ers ol honey, when removed from the care 
and protection of the bees, in order to pre- 
serve the honey from insects, which arc great 
lovers of it, particularly the ant. A chest, 
made perfectly tight, is a good store-house. 
If the honey in the drawers is to be pre- 
served for winter use, it should be kept in a 
room so warm as not to freeze. Frost cracks 
the combs, and the 'honey will drip as soon 
as warm weather commences. Drawers 
should be packed with their apertures up, for 
keeping or carrying to market. All apiarians 
