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outside frame, set it carefully on end, near the hive,* 
when the second one may be easily moved towards the 
vacant space, and lifted out. After examination, j>ut it in 
the place of the one first i-emoved; in the same way, 
examine the third, and put it in place of the second, and 
BO proceed until all have been examined. If the bees are 
to be removed, they must, of course, be shaken off on a 
sheet, as previously described. If the comb first taken 
out will fit, it may be put in the place of that last taken 
out; if it. will not fit, and cannot be made to do so by a 
little trimming, the frames must be slid on the rabbets 
back to their former jdaces, when this first comb may be 
returned to its old po.sition. 
The inexperienced operator, who sees th.at the bees 
have built some small pieces of comb between the outside 
of the frames, and the sides of the hive, or slightly fastened 
together, some parts of their combs, may imagine that 
the frames cannot be removed at all. Such slight attach¬ 
ments, however, offer no practical dilliculty to their 
removal.f The great point to be gained, is to secure a 
single comb on each frame; and this is efl’ected by the 
use of the triangular comb-guides. 
If bees were disposed to fiy away fi’om their combs, as 
soon as they are taken out, instead of adhering to them 
Math such remarkable tenacity, it would be tiir more diili- 
cult to manage them; but even if their combs, when re- 
• If the frames, as they are removed, arc put into an empty hive, they may le 
protected from the cold, and from robhor-bces. 
t If sufficient room for storing surplus honey Is not given to a strong stoefe, in 
Its an.xlety to amass as mnch as possible, it will fill the smallest accessible places, 
If the bees build comb between the tops of the frames, and the under side of the 
spare honey-board. It can bo easily cut olT, and used for wax. If tills shallow 
chamber were not used, they would fasten the honey-board to the frames so tightfri 
that it would be very dlffioult to remove It; Hn<l every time It was taken otf, they 
would glue It still faster, so tlmt, at last, it w<juhl be well nigh imp'*ssiMo, m 
gelling it olf, not U start the frauics so as to crush the bees between the coiubs. 
