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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. 



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 sTifiicient room for storing snrplns honey is not given to a strong colony, 

 in its anxiety to amass as ranch as possible, it will fill the smallest accesaitlo 

 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 this 

 shaUow chamber were not used, they would fasten the upper story to the 

 frames so tightly, that it would be very difficult to remove it; and every time 



