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If not already supplied with bees, it will be best to get them as near home as possible. Italians are undoubtedly the best, and our motto demands that only strong colonies be purchased, and if purchased in the fall not more than two-thirds as much should be paid for them as they would be worth in the spring. Prepare a place on the ground for the hives, and if it is where the hens will not scratch, remove the grass and cover so thickly with sawdust where the hives are to set, and for several inches beyond on all sides, that neither grass nor Weeds will grow through it. Place the hives six or more feet apart each way, and have them face south or east. The reason for placing them so far apart will be given under the head of swarming. Put a stick two inches square and as long as the hive is wide under the front end of the hive, and a like piece, under the back end. If the bees are not in the kind of hive that it is intended to be used, they may be readily transferred in either of the following ways. |
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