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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



in some nucleus hive that has contained only two queens. 

 In some cases one of the division-boards is taken away, 

 making one of the compartments large enough to receive 

 five frames, besides the other with the three frames. Thus 

 the nucleus in the larger compartment may be built up to 

 a tolerably fair colony. 



Thus you will see that there is little or no destroying 

 of queens, the effort being to have each queen supported 



Fig. 103. — 24-Section Case. 



by a good force of bees, considering the size of her com- 

 partment. No attention is paid to the matter of trying to 

 make bees stay where they are put. If they don't like to 

 stay they don't need to ; they'll count somewhere. But as 

 they are mostly queenless bees that are moved, they are 

 not bad about returning. 



DOUBLE HIVES FOR WINTER. 



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Not only have I wintered nuclei two and three in a 

 hive, but a few years ago I had considerable experience 



