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AN EASY METHOD OF 
taining the drawer where the old one stood. 
Now turn the old hive bottom up. If there 
are any bees left in the old hive, they will 
soon return and take possession of their new 
habitation. 
Second Method. — Take drawer No. 1, 
well filled by any hive the same season — in- 
sert the same into the chamber of the hive 
to be transferred, in September, (August 
would be better.) if the bees need transfer- 
ring, they will repair to the drawer and make 
the same their winter quarters. Then pro- 
ceed in the spring as directed in the iirst 
method. 
REMARKS. 
This management should excite a deep 
interest in every cultivator, both in a temporal 
and moral point of view. — Temporal, because 
the lives of all the bees are preserved; — 
moral, because we are accountable to God for 
all our acts. We are not to be justified in 
taking the lives of animals or insects, which 
are but lent blessings, unless some benefit to 
the owner can be derived from their death, 
which will outweigh the evils resulting from 
such a sacrifice. Duty compels me to pro- 
test in the strongest terms and feelings against 
