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The second swarm should be hived in the third body 

 box, c, and placed close to the boxes a, b, and at dusk 

 these last are placed on the top of the box c. The 

 entrance being open in the lowest box, that of the central 

 box, B, should now be closed with the slide. The top 

 slides of box c must be withdrawn and the interstices 

 pegged with the sectional slides. In the course of the 

 night the second swarm will ascend and join the other, 

 thus becoming one family. In the morning one of the 

 queens will probably be found thrown out in front. 



The box c is then to be removed, and the entrance 

 slide of box b withdrawn. Should all the bees not have 

 ascended, the removal may be deferred until later in the 

 day when many of them are dispersed gathering honey. 

 The object of removing the box c.is to restrict tlie room 

 so that the work of comb-building may be carried on 

 more rapidly, and the bees be sooner ready to wojk in 

 the super box d, placed above. They may be allured 

 into this by fixing small pieces of worker guide-comb, of 

 pure white colour, on the centre of each side bar. If, 

 however, a box of honey with neatly made, straight, 

 and quite regular comb be desired, a piece of this guide- 

 comb must be fixed to the centre of each bar of the seven. 

 If guide-comb be unobtainable, strips of the impressed 

 wax sheets or artificial comb (hereafter described) will be 

 found excellent substitutes.* 



Having satisfied yourself, by peeping in at the windows, 



* The body boxes may be prepared in a similar manner. 



