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CHAPTER XXL 

 TAKING HONEY BY MEANS OF DIVIDERS. 



AFTER having noted the utility of Dividers, in 

 adding fresh empty boxes, the reader will readily 

 perceive their importance in the removal of full 

 ones, when the period arrives for depriving a 

 colony of a portion of its honey. In this case, 

 the two dividers must be introduced between the 

 middle board of the box to be removed and the 

 box below it, precisely as in nadir hiving. In 

 the act of deprivation a little more force will be 

 required to push in, as well as to withdraw the 

 divider, as it will generally have to pass through 

 a portion of honey-comb. The above directions 

 apply to the removal of an upper box, w r hich will 

 in general be the first for which they will be re- 

 quired. When any other is to be taken away, 

 the plan of proceeding must be varied, but it 

 would be tedious to give directions for every 

 case ; an intelligent operator by an attention to 

 the instructions already given, and 'his own re- 

 flection, will be able to adapt his mode of pro- 

 ceeding to the particular exigency. Only one 

 divider should be introduced till the situation of 

 the queen be ascertained : if she be in the box 

 intended for removal, the divider must be with- 



