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under it, then lift the hive and Aider on the 

 ftool; fet an empty hive (with its cover off) 

 and floor in the place of the flock, which 

 lift thereon ; pull out the Aider with one 

 hand, while the empty hive is kept fteady 

 with the other. 



A triplet is to be managed in the fame 

 manner. 



No. VIII. 



Deprivation^ or Separation of Hives. 



First, a triplet is to be taken in the 

 evening. The dividers are to be introduced, 

 as by No, VI. ; the feparated hive is to be 

 placed on a floor, at fome diftance, and then 

 the door unftopped. In about an hour after, 

 or the next morning, if the bees in the triplet 

 are quiet, as alfo thofe of the flock, there 

 are queens in both; but if not, mut the door 

 of that taken, and fet it over the fume box, 

 and proceed to fume, as by No. III. 



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