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cutting, trimming, and fixing into frames, were made 
ready for the hive ; but even the adherent bees, 
except the very young, flew from them and returned 
to their now concealed companions. 
The queen was not with us, while nearly all the 
bees were with her, and quite inaccessible, unless so 
much of the wall was to be removed as to endanger 
its safety. In this dilem.ma we fixed the frames, with 
their brood-combs, as nearly as possible in true position, 
and in the spot the brood had previously occupied, 
nailing up over all a gardener’s large mat. So soon 
as quietude was restored, the bees, with their queen, 
returned to feed and warm their young. The next 
morning the mat was lifted with as little disturbance 
as possible. All were at home again, putting the 
house in order. The hive to receive them stood 
against the wall, just under their old entrance. Frame 
after frame was lifted down, the queen, in due course, 
making her descent with the rest. The few that 
took wing soon learned the position of their comrades, 
and the colony was established In its new quarters 
with but very little loss, and yielded a fine super at 
the end of the summer. The main point rests in 
the manner of capturing the queen, by restoring, for 
a time, the combs, to which she will infallibly return, 
when their second removal Is too rapidly and quietly 
accomplished to give her an opportunity of eluding us. 
But to our second case. The three or four colonies 
of the roof of Great Hadham Church — the descendants, 
doubtless, of one — had behaved so badly, that further 
forbearance was impossible. A swarm was sent 
out not only on Sunday, but on the morning of 
