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till the next morning, the numbers on the memorandum 

 are used to give each colony its proper credit in the rec- 

 ord-book. 



CREDITING COLONIES. 



The credit to each colony is entered over the first 

 line that belongs to that colony, so that it may easily be 

 seen at a glance, and so that it may be convenient to have 



Fig. 67. — Jhmbo Hive (at right). 



all the credit on one spot. If a super containing 24 sec- 

 tions is taken from a colony, the number 24 is entered 

 over its first line. Then when another 24 sections is 

 taken from that colony, making 48 in all, a line is dravm 

 through the 24 and 48 is written after it. Then if a 

 super is taken with 15 sections, a line is drawn through 

 the 48, and 63 is written after it, and so on. 



