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move tlie brood 'Combs from the centre of the hive. 

 The combs near the top and outside are used but 

 little for breeding, and are generally filled with honey ; 

 these should be left as a good start for refilling, but 

 take out all that is necessary, while you are about it ; 

 then reverse the hives, putting the one containing the 

 bees under the other; by the next morning all are up ; 

 now put it on the stand, and. this job is done without 

 one cent extra expense for a patent to help you, and 

 the bees are much better off for the honey left, which 

 has to be taken away with all patent plans that I have 

 seen, and this, as has been remarked, is not worth 

 much, occupied as it is with a few cocoons and bee- 

 bread. It is worth much more to the bees, and they 

 will give us pure comb and honey for it. 



USE OF TOBACCO SMOKK. 



" I would not do it for fifty dollars, the bees would 

 sting me to death." Stop a moment,, if you never 

 tried the efficacy of tobacco smoke, you know nothing 

 of a powerful agent ; this is the grand secret of suc- 

 cess ; without it, I admit it would be somewhat haz- 

 ardous ; but with it, I have done it time after time 

 without receiving a single sting, and no protection 

 whatever, for either hands or face. 



But is there no difficulty with our sectional or 

 changeable hive, when this feat is to be performed ? 

 The combs -will be made in the two drawers similar 

 to the dividing hive, brood-combs in one side, and 

 store-combs in the other. "We wish to remove the one 

 with brood-combs of course, (as that is the one where 



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