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until nearly filled, removing and changing them 
and the frames, as' conditions require. In the 
spring, when brood is being produced rapidly, and 
but little honey gathered, these boards may be dis¬ 
pensed with for that purpose. They may also be 
placed between the frames when shipping hives of 
bees or frames of honey, and when so used any 
comb accidentally breaking loose cannot fall over 
and kill the bees, or cause other combs to break 
loose. They may also be used as division boards 
when propagating, keeping, or shipping queens. 
With their use queens and colonies may be propa¬ 
gated easily and rapidly. A populous hive in the 
fall may also be partitioned into different compart¬ 
ments, with as many different queens, and conveni 
ently wintered in the cellar or other suitable place, 
and on setting them out in the spring they may oc¬ 
cupy separate stands, and be made populous by the 
time the white clover blossoms. 
Colonies may be very easily doubled in this way. 
Rear a queen early in the fall in the back part of 
each hive, and before putting them into winter 
quarters*place a division board in the central part 
of each hive, at the same time carefully equalizing 
the bees. On setting them out in the spring, sep¬ 
arate them and let them occupy places a half mile 
apart, or, if wintered on their summer stands, or 
otherwise, gradually separate them while at work 
by moving each half a few inches further apart 
each day, until they are out of the way of each 
other. When changing the position of hives ever 
bear in mind that 
‘‘A bee removed against its will, 
Is of the same opinion still.” 
During the working season three day’s confine- 
