Queries.
1.--Which is the best plan of hiving bees?
2.--How are the bees to be persuaded to descend from the _upper_
hives, so as to allow of the honey being extracted?
3.--Should the sheds face any particular aspect?
4.--Is it necessary to stop up the entrance-hole to the hive in
winter, when covering them up with paper?
5.--Are the hives (Ayrshire hexagonal) _bottomless?_ I judge so, as
they are put one on the top of the other, and the bees rise
through the slits?
I fear I must own myself totally ignorant about bee-keeping, so I trust
you will excuse these queries.