FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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its turn soon be able to take its part in the game to start 

 still others. 



i'ly. 93. — Caged Queen-Cell. 



SHAKING BEES OFF COMBS. 



In this last plan, since the frames of brood are taken 

 without bees, there is a good deal to be done in the way 

 of cleaning bees off the combs. While it does not mat- 

 ter if a few bees should be left on the combs, it does mat- 

 ter greatly that care be taken to make sure that the queen 

 is not among the bees taken. So it is well to brush the 

 combs tolerably clean, and then one can easily see 

 whether the queen is present. Before brushing, how- 

 ever, most of the bees should be shaken off, for if this 

 is rightly done it will be a saving of time. 



FINAL TAKING OFF OF SECTIONS. 



When the time comes that the bees are expected to 

 do no more work in the sections, whether that be im- 

 mediately at the close of the clover harvest or later, the 

 supers with their sections are all brought home and piled 



