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and the young bees. The weak colonies are always the 
losers, for their young bees, in returning from their first 
trip (173), are attracted by the noise of other hives closely 
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adjoining, and prove the truth of the French proverb ‘La 
pierre va toujours au tas,’’ (the stone always goes to the 
heap). 
When hives must stand too close together, they should be 
