106 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



the exception of one or two. To make the work still easier for 

 the beekeeper, instead of putting two frames of brood in the 

 upper stoiy, I merely put in it five empty combs. That took 

 less than half the time, and would also take much less time when 

 it came to putting on supers, especially in the case of a colony 

 which had started no brood above. That gave plenty of room 

 above for the queen to use if she needed it. If she didn't need 

 il, no harm was done beyond cooling off the heads of the bees 

 more than they might like. 



Fii]. 36 — Comb Resting Diagonally in Hive. 



I may say here that after a good deal of experience with 

 colonies having two stories, I find that there is no trouble from 

 liaving the queen stay exclusively in one or other of the stories. 

 She passes up and down freely, keeping filled with brood in 

 both stories as m.any combs as the bees will care for. 



SUBSEQUENT OVERHAULING. 



Any overhauling subsecjuent to the first is an easy matter. 

 Asa broodless frame was left at the further side at the first 

 overhauling, and the brood-nest commenced with the next frame, 



