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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 



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 ba 



