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joints, to prevent dripping honey from leaking out, 
which makes them unfit for market. After the Bees 
have left the drawers, paste thick paper over the aper- 
tures, and store them in a chest made perfectly tight, to 
prevent Ants from destroying the honey. Pack your 
drawers with the apertures up, and in this way you can 
keep honey for years. 
RULE SIXTH. 
On Multiplying Colonies without Swarming. 
In stating this rule, I only speak in reference to Dr. 
Reynold’s Hive and Stoddard’s Protector. I have 
never seen any other non-swarming Hives, that 1 con- 
sider of any importance. 
If you use Stoddard’s Hive, and wish to increase 
your colonies without their swarming, prepare your- 
self with two or three tin slides ; and when you dis- 
cover that your Bees are about ready to come out, 
(and you can determine this by looking into the glasses, 
as they will appear crowded, and hang around the 
mouth of the Ilive,) place an empty Hive where you 
wish them to stand through the season, and remove 
one of the inner Hives from the empty one, and place 
it near the one you iutend to divide. Now insert two 
tin slides between the two inner Hives, and remove 
one of them, and insert the empty one in its place, ob- 
serving well to keep the apertures closed in both Hives, 
to prevent the Bees escaping from either; then insert 
your inner Hive, containing Bees and bread comb, in 
the empty one. Close the tubes of both Hives with 
pieces of tin punched full of holes, and prepared for 
the purpose, so as to give a free circulation of air into 
the bottom of the Hive — passing up through the body 
of it and off through the ventilator, which is cov- 
ered with fine wire gauze, to prevent the entrance 
of the Miller. Both Hives should be closed at the 
same time. Give both swurnts pure cold water daily, 
for 3 or 4 days, after which, let them have their liher- 
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