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or three days after kiveing. By this time they will have 
started combs on most of the frames, and if the Separa- 
tors are now put in there will be no danger of the bees 
sticking the combs to them which they sometimes do if 
this is not observed. By putting the Separators between 
each frame, the combs will be made perfectly true and 
straight. The Separators should he removed in ten or 
twelve days, or as soon as the combs are built nearly 
down. When these are removed the ninth frame must 
be put in, moving the others close enough together to ad- 
mit it, and have them at equal distances apart, at which 
time the surplus boxes should be placed over the frames 
close together in regular order, so the boes can occupy 
them, which they will usually do as soon as they get the 
frames all full. The bee master should bear in mind 
' that there should be several pieces of combs fastened 
crosswise to each box to induce the bees to occupy them 
without delay. 
HOW TO HIVE A SWARM OF BEES* WHEN THEY 
ALIGHT HIGH UP ON A TREE. 
As they frequently alight in fruit trees, in the garden, 
• too small, to climb, and should a limb be cut, it would 
very much damage the tree, the first process is, to place 
the hive upon a platform, then by the use ot the hivor, 
which is made upon the principle of a carpenter’s mitre 
box, 24 inches long by 9 inches wide, with side boards 6 
inches in height, with an augur hole in the centre, in 
which a handle should be introduced, of sufficient length 
to reaebthem Irom the ground ; it should be held up’ un- 
der the cluster, then the limb on which the bees are, 
should be shaken slightly by means of the hiver ; in less 
than a minute the greater portions of the bees will be 
