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must also be placed in- the first hive to replace 
the one taken out. Now remove the full colony 
to a new location, and on the vacant site place 
the hive containing the queen. The bees which 
are out gathering, along with others which will 
return from the removed hive, will make up the 
swarm, which should be well fed until established. 
The old stock will raise a new queen, but if a 
fertile queen can be given, or even a ripe queen- 
cell, valuable time will be saved. 
Where one stock is made into two no honey is 
secured that season as a rule, and the next varia- 
tion is recommended as giving moderate incréase 
with a possibility of surplus honey as well. 
‘This form of division consists in making three 
colonies out of two. Select two strong colonies, 
and from one of them take five good frames of 
brood. Place them in an empty hive and fill up 
both hives with empty combs or sheets of founda- 
tion. No bees must be taken with the brood, and 
the hive containing it must be placed on the 
stand of the other selected colony, moving the 
latter to a new position. Thus the bees are 
secured from one stock and the brood from the 
other. In this case it will be observed that it 
is the new colony which has to be given a queen, 
or if necessary allowed to raise one. If it be 
desirable the frames of brood may be taken from 
any, number of colonies up to five, when their 
loss will not be felt. 
We will now reverse this procedure, and turn to 
