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Tim lights his smoker
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Smokin
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Inside the weakest warré hive - some comb, but not enough honey to get the colony through winter
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checking the hive
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A double layer of wet newspaper on the top of the stongest hive
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Tim takes the second strongest hive to combine it
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Checking all's well in the strongest hive before combining them
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Ready to add the second strongest hive...
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Placing the second strongest hive on top
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Two colonies now combined, with a layer of newspaper between them
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The two colonies now need to settle in, and hopefully decide to join forces
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Lettign the bees re-enter the hive via the entrance
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tapping the frames to encourage the bees to go back in
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packing up the unused box