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CAUTION. 
Whenever we make additions in this manner, it 
would be well first to ascertain what was the cause of 
a scarcity of bees ; if it was over-swarming or loss of 
queen, it is well enough — but if from disease, reject 
them, unless the bees are to be transferred the next 
spring, and then, when too many cells are occupied 
with dead brood, as the bees cannot be successfully 
wintered. 
PRINCIPAL DIFFICULTY. 
The greatest difficulty in uniting two families or 
more in this manner, is where they have to be taken 
from different places in the same apiary ; where the 
locations have been marked. It is sufficiently shown 
that bees return to the old stand. 
To prevent these results, it has been recommended 
“ to set an empty hive with some pieces of comb, 
fastened in the top in the place of the one removed, 
to catch the bees that go back to the old stand, and 
lemove them at night for a few times, when they re- 
main. 'Ihis should be done only when we cannot do 
better ; it is considerable trouble ; besides this, we do 
not always succeed to our satisfaction. 
IIOW AVOIDED. 
I like the plan of bringing them a mile or more for 
this purpose, and have no after trouble about it. Two 
neighbors being that distance apart, each having 
stocks in this condition might exchange bees, making 
the benefit mutual. I have done so, and considered 
myself well paid for the trouble. But latterly I have 
