CONTROLLED INCREASE. 
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A still more gentle increase is often of the highest 
service. Take one, two, or even three combs con- 
taining brood and honey, from several stocks, until 
sufficient are obtained to comb a hive, shaking or 
brushing the bees off, as before, at their several stands. 
Place the hive containing the collected combs on the 
stand of a vigorous stock, from which, for reasons 
tb ib tb 
mr mr mr 
Fig. 75.— Cells Extended Unduly (Scale, i). 
tb. Top Bar ; mr. Midrib ; whs. Wide Bee Space between Brood-cells ; 7ibs, Narrow 
Bee Space between Honey -cells ; ec, Elongated Cells. 
previously given, I recommend the queen to be 
transferred, so that she does not change her station. 
Re-queen the removed hive in the evening. The 
gaps left in the stocks supplying the combs may be 
filled by frames, preferably fitted with foundation, and 
so placed that combs stand between them, when they 
