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queen palace. if there are weak colonies in the fall, proceed as follows,
transfer all the bees in one such colony to three combs, put in divider, next
day shut them up, carry the hive to another week swarm, transfer them or late in
the day bring their hive to the 1st carry the hive back, next day [illegible] are
shut up, carry it to a 3rd, and next day to a fourth, each new one put
in must be shut up about 3 days, [illegible] water and be let out when 
sun an hour or two high, don't let them all out the same day until
they are well accustomed to their different entrances. keep well protected in
winter, do this in September. if only three are put into a hive the entrances 
may be kept quite distinct. suppose 24 queens of the third year are to be
removed. put them with some comb and bees into eight hives. queen palaces. 
use these next season for the swarms that want a fertile queen. use also
the queen palace is for rearing other fertile queens. at the proper season
kill the queens of the 4th year. on this plan there will always be an
abundance of fertile queens in full rigor. 
June 4th. take queen cells away from main hive. then put brood
comb with eggs of workers and place on blocks under double glass 
this will enable us to have a let in the most current [illegible] for use. 
June 11th 1861. clip wings of queen, and keep hive on board on the
[illegible] how prevented ground, when swarm leaves she will crawl back and the
bees will return. if they allow her to kill or kill themselves the 
young queens with this will answer. 
robbers, 2 stop out of hives. July 26th 1868. if robbers are making [illegible]
to stop up hive and give bees air enough. to use wire cloth [illegible]
much time, bees inside as light is admitted worry how must to get out [illegible]
wire wool. crowded into ventilator, front entrance, holes on honey board
or keep these open. robber [illegible] do nothing with it, admits air if used as i 
[illegible] darkens, not easy for those inside to meddle with, etc etc 



