170 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



to the plan was that these "putu]is" were in the way and had 

 to be lifted down when any thing was done with supers. Still, 

 for any one who allows the bees to swarm, and who does not 

 object to the lifting, the plan is a good one. 



VARYING THE PLlAN. 



To avoid the heavy lifting, there has been a tendency 

 toward a variation, by way of putting up only two or three 

 frames of brood with the queen. (Indeed the number of frames 



Fiq. rri—Tliree Asters. 



put up may be anywhere from two to the whole number.) If 

 only two frames are put up, the lifting is light, but there is 

 more work in killing the cells in the lower hive, both at the 

 time of putting up the queen, and at the time of putting down. 

 Putting up the larger number of frames has the advantage 

 that the queen lias the chance to lay without hindrance, keeping 



