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Hive No. 2 (which should be a strong colony). 

 Remove to a fresh stand and in its stead place 

 the new hive No. 3, which should contain the 

 frames removed from No. I. 



Hive No. 3. — This now contains brood from No. i, 

 and all flying bees from No. 2, and will rear a 

 fresh queen, but time will be saved if a new 

 queen be introduced. 



A new colony may be formed from a number of others 

 by taking from one hive a frame containing brood bees 

 and queen, which place in a new hive. Fill up this 

 latter with one frame of brood without bees from each 

 of the other colonies. Now remove a strong colony 

 to a fresh site and replace with the new hive. 



