Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 279
e 250 The Animal Story Book settled there is much less chance; and, even then, avery hot sun greatly inconveniences the bees, and some-times even melts the combs, and so destroys the hive.If a new swarm do go off, follow them in the exactdirection of the wind, as they can fly in no other way. The… … of water would do if they had stones in them for thebees to rest on. I have heard it suggested that thehives should be suspended, and if they were kept fromwind, it would be a good thing, as they might hangfrom a dial-plate, and so the progress of the hive beaccurately weighed, and much useful…
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