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the remaining space and the hive closed up. 
Care should be taken to fasten the quilt down 
firmly so that the bees cannot obtain access to 
each other, for if they do they will surely fight. 
For the same reason the entrances to the two 
parts of the hive should be placed as far apart as 
possible and a piece of wood placed along the 
centre of the floorboard. 
After a few weeks the bees in the two 
divisions will acquire the same scent and can 
be united. Should a spare queen be required 
one can be removed, if not the older one 
should be killed, for the bees should not be 
left to adjust the matter for themselves. A 
hole may be made in the dummy so that the 
bees can pass from one division to the other, 
and a few days after the dummy may be re- 
moved altogether. 
This procedure may be followed also in 
the autumn, especially if young queens are 
numerous and it is desired to save some. 
Feeding Weak Stocks.—lf facilities are not 
to hand for thus dealing with weak stocks, 
the frames not required by the bees should be 
removed from the hive, the space contracted 
by a dummy, and the bees fed inside the 
hive. In the autumn it is advisable to give 
weak hives frames of food that have been 
