ONE YEAR AMONG THE BEES. 



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FIG. 13. Section boxes, shipping crates, etc. 



first and placing the empty ones next to the bees. They will thus 

 fill the upper tier first and have it all completed and capped over some 

 time before the lower one is full ; but perhaps about this time the 

 lower tier is full enough to be raised up and an empty one added 

 again. After removing supers and taking out the boxes, if any are 

 not completed return them by using them to make up another super. 

 These uncompleted sections are a good bait to induce the bees to take 

 hold again ; this they usually do more readily when uncompleted sec- 



FIG. 14. Hives complete. 



