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rough a hive of my size with one permanent
thoughts and two movable partitions may be
fitted for four small swarms and thus
queen palace. answer as a queen bee palace, at any time
it may be changed into one hive. 
in the fall put four small swarms which
ought not to be left in their large hive, into 
a hive divided into 4 parts, by gauze
wire in the partitions they may all be
made to have the same smell, this will
make them peaceable, give they should be
driven out into boxes, carried three or four
miles, then put in, kept away some
time, then brought back, have separate
entrances, small for the back ones. 
in spring may be used as a queen palace
ab = permanent to provide fertile queens for artificial swarms,
divider. and at any time the four feeble colonies 
cu, ef - movable maybe [illegible] into one strong one,
leaving 1 queen, after using all the others. 
1, 2 entrances. this dispenses with the need of any separate
3, 4 do. queen palace, and turns all week 
or 5, 6. swarms to the best [illegible]
advantage. a square hive with uncommon 
protection against cold, best for this purpose. 
artificial?? queens may readily be obtained in this
way in the spring. put a divider very thin board,
a is a permanent or metal, into the middle of a strong colony, shut 
divider. up one half, next day open this and shut the
1, 2, gauge wire other, give water when shut, continue this until
open wide division is complete. the entrances should be 




