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some caution is requisite, to prevent the escape 

 of the hees. The safest plan is gradually to draw 

 forward the boxes with their temporary floor, till 

 they hang nearly half over the wooden floor, and 

 then, by spreading out the fingers and applying 

 them under each side of the divider, the whole 

 may be lifted up and moved wherever it be most 

 convenient till raised upon the nadir. When the 

 box has been drawn half off, a weight should be 

 placed upon the covering divider, to prevent it 

 from tilting up. 



The removal being accomplished, an empty box 

 should be quickly placed upon the divider which 

 covers the floor, and upon the box a middle board ; 

 the adjustment being complete, the dividers are 

 to be withdrawn separately, and with the same 

 precautions as in super-hiving. 



If the apiarian wish to practise centre-hiving 

 i . e. to introduce an empty box between a superior 

 and an inferior one, he can easily apply the pre- 

 ceding directions to that particular case. 



