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them well filled with sealed and hatching brood. 
After driving out the bees cut the combs and sticks 
loose from the sides of the hive with a hand saw, 
remove the sides and carefully lay the combs on a 
table, and fit all suitable combs into the frames 
straight, placing the brood together, and arranging 
the combs as near as may be, in the same way they 
were in the old hive. The combs may be held in 
the irames by sticks made of straight twigs 
cut a little longer than the frames inside, and placed 
on each side of the combs so as to securely hold 
them until fastened by the bees; after which re¬ 
move the sticks and cut away the lower edge of the 
combs, securing a free pass way across the bottom 
of the hive. It is often necessary to put several 
pieces of .comb into one frame, in order to get the 
combs transferred to the best advantage, and also 
to take the combs int© a room or place where other 
bees cannot find them while being transferred, and 
the bees may be rehived in the same place when 
necessary and remain a few minutes, until they re¬ 
gain possession of their combs. The hive may 
also be protected from robber bees by placing the 
feed box and ventilating screen in the front part of 
the hive, and contracting the entrance or closing it 
entirely until night. The bees may also be con¬ 
fined to the hive in the same way for various pur¬ 
poses and for any suitable length of time. 
Always keep the comb frames perpendicular, and 
when the bees are building combs give them what 
room they need and no more, arranging the frames 
and honey guides so as to secure straight combs of 
uniform thickness when filled with honey. When 
the'bees are storing surplus honey keep these guide 
boards between every two or three empty frames 
