REMOVING FRAMES. 



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their combs slightly waving, it will be found impossible to 

 remove a frame safely, without making room for it in this 

 way. If the combs are built on foundation (GY^), however, 

 they will be much easier to remove, as they are then perfectly 

 straight. In handling heavy frames in hot weather, be care- 

 ful not to incline them from their perpendicular, or the combs 

 will be liable to break from their own weight, and fall out of 

 the frames. 



If more combs are to be examined, after lifting out the 

 flutside frame, set it carefully on end, near the hive, when 

 the second one may be easily moved towards the vacant space, 



Fig. 94. 



COMB-BUCKET. 



and lifted out. After examination, put it in the place of the 

 one first removed; in the same way, examine the third, and 

 put it in the place of the second, and so proceed until all have 

 been examined. If a division-board is used, it will not be 

 necessary to set any of the frames down outside of the hive, 

 as the removal of this board will leave one vacant space in the 

 hive. 



If the frames, as they are removed, are put into an empty 

 hive, or a comb-bucket, they may be protected from the cold, 

 and from robber-bees. 



The inexperienced operator, who sees that the bees have 



