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outside part of the hivo ; place the other part into it. 
and the work is done in one-fourth the time I am telling 
you how to do it. Carry them immediately to the stand 
where you want them to remain through the summer, and 
place the Regulator at the lowest guage, and go aDout 
your business ; you need not watch them a single mo- 
ment nor have any one else, and your bees will not leave 
the hive except to return to fill it with ample stores. 
Should your bees come, out, and two or three swarms go 
together, put the hive in a non-swarming condition and 
it will hold three large swarms of bees with plenty of 
room to work for the time being. 
In hiving bees in the Compound Hive, if the swarm is 
large, it is best not to let the inner part down to the sup- 
porters into three or four inches, until they have time to 
crawl up amongst the frames, whioh they will probably 
do in one hour’s time Some little blocks may be placed 
under the supporters, say three or four inches in width 
and resting on the upper edge of the outer part, in a 
short time the bees will occupy the inner part, so you 
can let it down* ; always remembering to open all the 
ventilators and leave them open during the first day. — 
Eight frames should only be used when a swarm is first 
hived, and these should be at equal distances apart. The. 
boxes should be put on at the time of hiveing, but must 
be turned bottom side up so the bees cannot get into 
them. Bees must never be allotvecl to enter the surplus 
boxes until they get established in the body part of the 
hive, which will take about a week or ton days, depend- 
ing much on the size of the swarm and the state of the 
weather. If allowed to enter the boxes, the qufeen will 
deposit eggs there, and bees will be reared in conse- 
quence, spoiling the surplus stores. 
The Separators should not be put in under only two 
