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B, C, and D. In opening the hive he makes it a point always 

 to begin at A and examine each division in regular order to 

 avoid overlooking any one of them. 



At the apiary of Prof. Francis Jager where the queen breed- 

 ing work of the State of Minnesota is carried on, an eight frame 

 hive is divided into three parts, each part taking two standard 

 frames. There is one entrance at each side, and one at an end. 

 All that is necessary to make an eight frame hive into three 

 nuclei, is to have two tight fitting division boards which fit 

 into sawed slots at the ends. These must reach to the bottom 

 to prevent the mixing of bees or the queens from passing from 

 one compartment to another. It is necessary of course to fit 

 the bottom board for the special purpose with entrance openings 

 in the proper place. Our illustration (Figure 11) shows a small 

 cover just the right size to cover one of the three compartments. 



Fig. 11. Eight-frame hive divided into three parts; each with two stand- 

 ard frames, at the Jager apiary. 



