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way — (as it must, since they are on the frame heads and tails)^ 

 they are apt to rise to the occasion in a manner that does not 

 always appear to the operator to be quite justified by the 

 circumstances. There is another plan. Hold the frame firmly 

 by one of the shoulders in your left hand, keeping it a few 

 inches over the hive (Fig. 79). Now, with your right fist give 

 a sharp thump on your left hand. To the bees it will be like 

 an earthquake, and a thing irresistible. They will drop, to a 

 bee, and scamper down among the other frames as if the end 

 of their world had come. Of course, if you let the frame drop, 

 the " earthquake " may possibly astonish yourself. Keep a 

 good grip, and never employ jerking or thumping with a frame 

 that has upon it a queen cell, or much unsealed honey. 



185. Turning Combs. — To examine the comb on the other 

 side, you must not turn it up as you would a slate. A comb 

 so used, especially if new, or heavy with honey, may drop from 

 the frame, or sag, and break; or may drop honey out of the 

 cells. Therefore, whether the combs to be handled be old or 

 new, wired or not wired (262), make it your rule to turn them 

 in this manner — 



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