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repeat the first process all over again. In three days we begin to turn the 

 entrance towards that of the new hive, then on the seventh lift to the other 

 side. A third time we proceed as before, then lift the box back to the west 

 side. All the young bees have hatched out by this time, but it will be at 

 least a week before they will become field workers, so we go through the 

 routine a fourth time, then take away the box altogether. The young queen 

 is left with a few young bees and a little brood, but these must be sacrificed 

 and the box broken up. 



