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killeil when se\eral ri;uiies of Iji'uud liave been yixen at a time 

 to a very weak colony. A precautionary rule is that when 

 more than one brood is yiven at a time, each one is taken from 

 a different colony. 



GIVING SECONIl NTOKV. 



When a colony is be.uinning to be crowded and there are no 

 colonies needing help, and sometimes even when others do need 

 lielp, a second story is given. Tliis second story is given below. 



Fig. 35 — Part of Hume Apiarij {from Soutli west) . 



Putting an emi)ty story below does not cool off tlie ))ees Hke 

 pjutting- one abo\e does. The bees can m<i\e (hjwn as fast as 

 they need (he room, indeed, tliis second story is often gi\'en 

 long before it is needeil, and sometimes two empty stories are 

 gi\-en, for it is a nice tiling to ha\e the combs in the care of 

 the bees. Tliey will be kept free IVom moths, ami if any are 

 mouldv they will be nicely cleancMl oat ready for use when 

 wanteih 



Sometimes \slien a colony is \ery strong and a slory id 

 empty combs is given below, a frame of brood is taken from 



