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next the lid may be slightly raised, and a few more 
puffs blown between it and the frames. The lid is 
now lifted, and just a little syrup is allowed to fall 
upon the frames and bees, by means of either a 
watering-pot, feather, or brush; remembering that 
in these operations there must be no waving of the 
hand, nor blowing direct from the mouth. 
If there is a dummy-frame, the next process will 
be to extract this, and then successively to loosen 
the other frames with a small screw-driver, and 
shift them a little apart. If there is no dummy, 
the operator must exercise the greatest care not to 
give the slightest lateral movement to the first 
frame he extracts, for the combs will perhaps not 
be perfectly straight, and the bees upon them may 
thus be crushed. After this one has been removed, 
the others may be shifted as above. Hither an 
empty hive, or box, or some other support, must be 
at hand, and the frames must be deposited upon 
this in their correct order, so that they may be 
replaced exactly as they were; to number them is a 
desirable precaution. Each frame must be cau- 
tiously extracted, and retained constantly in its 
perpendicular position; and, when replaced, it must 
be deposited with the same gradual movement. If 
there are bars instead of frames, a spatula will be 
required to detach the combs from the sides of the 
hive. When all are restored, the front edge of the 
crown-board is placed upon the back edge of the 
hive, and it is then very slowly pushed forward into 
its right position. 
