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frame dovetailed hive. A single objection would bar it out for 
your use. I bad more pollen in sections with one Danzenbaker 
hive than with SO others, probably because of its shallowness. 
Dead Colonies. — Q. What is the best thing to do with hives 
in which bees have died during the winter? There is quite a lot 
of honey in them. 
A. They’re the nicest sort of things in which to hive your 
swarms. Keep them shut until you need them, to keep out robber 
bees and moths. 
Decoy Hives. — Q. Will you please explain decoy hives. I have 
Fig. 14. — Decoy hives on the roof of a shed-apiary. 
seen the word used several times in the American Bee Journal. I 
believe that they are used to attract swarms. 
A. Leave an empty hive anywhere where a swarm may enter 
of its own accord — that’s a decoy hive. 
Q. How do you fix decoy hives to catch swarms? 
A. There is no fixing needed, any more than in getting a hive 
ready for a swarm. If you put in the hive one or more empty 
brood-combs it will be more attractive to the beemoth, for which 
you must look out. 
Q. In the decoy hives will strips of foundation in the frames 
do as well as frames of comb? Will the bees take to the founda- 
tion as readily? 
A. No; old combs are away ahead of foundation; indeed, I 
suspect an entirely empty hive is nearly as good as foundation. 
