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and sweet, and the smell of paint gone. Then, when 

 the time comes to examine the hives, take out a clean 

 one, and stand it by the side of the one to be exa- 

 mined. Then take out all the bees and combs, one 



Fig. 30.- — Bee scraper. 



comb at a time, and place them in the same order in 

 the clean hive. The scraping could be done before 

 lifting the frames out. It would be quite easy to see 

 if there is enough honey while doing this. The queen 



