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hive (fig. 48). But where more than two or three nuclei are 

 to be made each season it will be found much quicker and 

 easier (instead of screwing little bars to the top of each 

 section) to make small frames (fig. 48, c), each exactly 4 J 

 inches by 4^ inches inside measurement, into which a section 

 can be slipped in a moment. These frames should be made 

 of wood \ inch thick, and where they are used, the nucleus 

 hives should be made A inch wider than shown in the illus- 



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Fig. 48.— A, Baby Nucleus Hive, made of wood | inch thick ; b, Section of same hi\e, 

 showing feeder and quilt ; c, Miniature frame, 4^ inches by i\ inches inside 

 measurement, to hold one section. 



tration (?*.e., 7^ inches instead of 7 inches, as there shown), to 

 allow for the additional thickness of the side bars of the 

 frames. The side walls of the nucleus hives should be made 

 of wood I inch thick, and along the lower portions of these 

 sides, on the inside of the hive, strips of wood 5 inches wide 

 and a full \ inch thick (shown in black in the illustration, 

 fig. 48, b) should be nailed for the top bars of the little frames 

 to rest on. 



Where practicable, I prefer not to move the bees from the 

 incubator to the nucleus hives until twenty-four hours after 

 they are hatched. 



