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move the brood-combs from the centre of the hive. 
The combs near the top and outside are used but 
little for breeding, and are generally filled with honey; 
these should be left as a good start for refilling, but 
take out all that is necessary, while you are about it ; 
then reverse the hives, putting the one containing the 
bees under the other; by the next morning all are up ; 
now put it on the stand, and this job is done without 
one cent extra expense for a patent to help you, and 
the bees are much better off for the honey left, which 
has to be taken away with all patent plans that I have 
seen, and this, as has been remarked, is not worth 
much, occupied as it is with a few cocoons and bee- 
bread. It is worth much more to the bees, and they 
will give us pure comb and honey for it. 
USE OF TOBACCO SMOKE. 
“ I would not do it for fifty dollars, the bees would 
sting me to death.” Stop a moment, if you never 
tried the efficacy of tobacco smoke, you know nothing 
of a powerful agent ; this is the grand secret of suc- 
cess; without it, I admit it would be somewhat haz- 
ardous ; but with it, I have done it time after time 
without receiving a single sting, and no protection 
whatever, for either hands or face. 
Hut is there no difficulty with our sectional or 
changeable hive, when this feat is to be performed ? 
The combs will be made in the two drawers similar 
to the dividing hive, brood-combs in one side, and 
store-combs in the other. We wish to remove the one 
with brood-combs of course, (as that is the one where 
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