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third, and put it in the place of the second, and so proceed 
until all have been examined. If a division-board is used, 
it will not be necessary to set any of the frames down out- 
side of the hive, as the removal of this board will leave one 
vacant space in the hive. 
If the frames, as they are removed, are put into an empty 
hive, or a comb-bucket, they may be protected from the 
cold, and from robber-bees. 
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Fig. 85. 
COMB-BUCKET. 
The inexperienced operator, who sees that the bees have 
built small pieces of comb, or bridges (237), between 
the outside of the frames and the sides of the hive, or 
slightly fastened together some parts of their combs, may 
imagine that the frames cannot be removed at all. Such 
slight attachments, however, offer no practical difficulty to 
their removal.* The great point to be gained, is to secure 
* If sufficient room for storing surplus honey is not given to a strong colony, 
in itg anxiety to amass as much as possible, it will fill the smallest accessible 
places. If the bees build comb between the tops of the frames and the under 
side of the upper story, it can be easily cut off, and used for wax. If thig 
shallow chamber were not used, they would fasten the upper story to the 
frames 80 tightly, that it would be very difficult to remove it; and every time 
