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frame dovetailed hive. A single objection would bar it out for 

 your use. I had more pollen in sections with one Danzenbaker 

 hive than with SO others, probably because of its shallowness. 



Dead Colonies. — Q. What is the best thing to do with hives 

 in which bees have died during the winter? There is quite a lot 

 of honey in them. 



A. They're the nicest sort of things in which to hive your 

 swarms. Keep them shut until you need them, to keep out robber 

 bees and moths. 



Decoy Hives. — Q. Will you please explain decoy hives. I have 



Fig. 14. — Decoy hives on the roof of a shed-apiary. 



seen the word used several times in the American Bee Journal. I 

 believe that they are used to attract swarms. 



A. Leave an empty hive anywhere where a swarm may enter 

 of its own accord — that's a decoy hive. 



Q. How do you fix decoy hives to catch swarms? 



A. There is no fixing needed, any more than in getting a hive 

 ready for a swarm. If you put in the hive one or more empty 

 brood-combs it will be more attractive to the beemoth, for which 

 you must look out. 



Q. In the decoy hives will strips of foundation in the frames 

 do as well as frames of comb? Will the bees take to the founda- 

 tion as readily? 



A. No; old combs are away ahead of foundation; indeed, I 

 suspect an entirely empty hive is nearly as good as foundation. 



