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the plan -was that these " putups " were in the way and had to 

 be lifted down when any thing was done with supers. Still, for 

 any one who allows the bees to swarm, and who does not object 

 to the lifting, the plan is a good one. 



VARYING THE PLAN. 



To avoid the heavy lifting, there has been a tendency 

 toward a variation, by way of putting up only two or three 

 frames of brood with the queen. (Indeed the number of frames 



Fig. 54 — Three Asters. 



put up may be anywhere from two to the whole number.) If 

 only two frames are put up, the lifting is light, but there is 

 more work in killing the cells in the lower hive, both at the time 

 of putting up the queen, and at the time of putting down. 

 Putting up the larger number of frames has the advantage that 

 the queen has the chance to lay without hindrance, keeping up 



