136 DEPRIVATION. 



will not be the worfe for having more food 

 than is neceflary (if kept warm in winter) 5 

 but may perifh by having too little, which, 

 may happen in a protra&ed bad fpring. 



Bees will not quit a hive that has brood, 

 whether upper or under, without fuming or 

 driving. The following day after a hive 

 has been feparated, if farina has been car- 

 ried in, it fhews all is well ; but if -not, 

 return the hive that fails to the flock again. 



When it happens that a feparated hive has 

 a queen, and is well ftored, it may be kept, if 

 fuch an increafe is wanted ; provided the 

 {lock left has alfo a queen. But if, unfor- 

 tunately, the ftock queen has been killed in 

 the operation, reftore the hive taken, to its 

 family. 



The brood combs of hives taken, mould 

 be handled with great tendernefs and cir- 

 curafpec?iion, that none may be damaged or 

 crumed. Rather cut into the honey cells 

 than into the brood ; and let them be kept 

 Warm, until they are fet over a ftock. Place 

 ^ them in an empty hive reverfed, without 

 its cover ; the combs to be difpofed fo as 

 to touch each other as little as poffible, 



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