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front just above the floor for the entrance of bees. Frames 

 are hung inside the box, and are supplied with honeycomb. 

 These combs will become filled with honey and young bee- 

 bread. Then another box called a super is placed above the 

 first one. If comb honey is wanted for use or for market, 

 the super is supplied with small frames to hold one pound 

 each. If liquid, or extracted, honey is wanted the frames 

 in the super are much larger. From these the honey is 

 removed without destroying the cells. 



FIG. 207. Typical beehive. (From "The A, B, C of Bee Culture," 

 A. I. Root Company.) 



Swarming. In early summer the hives of bees usually 

 become overcrowded with bees, because of the young broods 

 maturing. This brings on the desire to swarm. One queen 

 goes out with the swarm, usually leaving a queen cell in the 

 old hive from which a young queen emerges in a few days. 

 The swarm usually gathers on some object, as a tree near by. 

 If an empty hive is ready the queen and most of the bees 

 can be taken while quiet and placed near the entrance to 

 the hive or in the hive. The colony will then adopt this as 



