FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



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Operation of putting down is very simple. I lift the hive 

 off the top, place it on the ground, remove the supers, 

 take the hive off the stand, place it on one side, put the 

 hive containing the queen on the stand, and replace the 

 supers. 



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You will see that this leaves the queen full chance to 

 lay from the minute she is uncaged, and at the time of 

 putting down there will be as much brood as if the queen 

 had remained in her usual place. Most of the bees, of 

 course, adhered to the lower hive when the queen was 

 put up, but by the time she is put down quite a force has 

 hatched out, and these have marked the upper hive as 



