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should be all put in just as they adhere to the combs. 

 Now close the hive by tacking a thin cloth over it, 

 and let it stand inverted in a shop or other conve- 

 nient place, for three or four days, or until the bees 

 have time to attach these combs firmly, when they 

 can be set out again. 



I prefer to perform all these operations at night in 

 the shop ; then all the straggling bees will collect in 

 the hive, when they can be closed up early in the 

 morning. 



