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much brood as possible so as to leave no room for honey. Keep the 

 colony strong, and compel the bees to build comb and store honey in the 

 sections. Any brood left o\"er may be gi\en to weaker colonies, but only 

 as much as can be taken care of by each. 



As October is the principal swarming month, a watchful eve should 

 be kept on the hives from to a.m. to 3 p.m. on fine days, unless the 

 condition ol the colonies in regard to the swarming tendency is known, 

 from a record of the ages of the queens and systematic periodical examina- 

 tions to 'see Avhether swarming preparations are in progress. 



^^'hile it prevents the absconding of prime or first swarms, the clipping 

 of f|ucens often causes trouble- through the queens getting lost. The swarm 

 returns to thf hi\-f. onlv to issue again, a week or so later, with a virgin 

 ("lueen and a greater number of bees. As a \irgin queen is light and has 

 greater powers of flight, such swarms will usually settle high up in in- 

 accessible places or abscond without clustering. It is therefore not ad- 

 visable to clip queens, unle.ss the hives are near a dwelling from which 

 a view of them can l)e obtaiiied. or the number of colonies is sufficient to 

 keep a special watch on tliem during swarming hours. The illustration 

 shows a hive to which the swarm has returned after losing the queen. 



FARM BLAOKSMITHING. 



{CoiifiiiiuJ from page 615.) 



George Baxier. /iisfnictur in Blacksmit/iiiig. Working Men's College, 



Melbourne. 



IV.__1.ORG I XG. 



If success is to attend the efforts of those about to start practising at 

 the forge, they must be prepared at the beginning to go slowly. The manu- 

 facture of something on which one's fancy is .set, may involve, say, weld- 

 ing .separate parts together or tempering a tool. As either operation re- 

 quires a fair amount of practice and no small amount of skill, it had 

 l)etter be left alone until some of the elementary principles, such as 

 managing the fire, noting the effect that heat has upon iron, bending to 

 .simple shapes. j)r)intiiig a bar. and twisting and ])un(hing. are thoroughly 

 mastered. 



The objects chosen for this article are \ery necessary ones; and. at the 

 i,ame time, are simi)le in construction. \\'elding jjieces together is pur- 

 l)(.sely avoided ; but, at the same time, a description of how to obtain and 

 judge the welding heat is gi\en, together with the practice of pointing a 

 bar which necessitates a welding heat. 



In the article, in the Septen.l)er number, .several tools were purposely 

 not dealt with, becau.se it was recognized that they migiit be ma<le suit- 

 able exerci.sus for the beginner. They include a poker and a rake for the 

 fire. The niethc:ils of jjroduciiig these will be takin in the order name<l. 



!■ (iRGING .\ I'OKKR. 



To make the poker (No. .27) take a bar of \\\\. diameter iron and cut 

 ^^ii a piece 4 ft. long, using the hardee and the hand hanuncr. 



Ill cutting cold iron it is not necessary to part it right olY with a chisel 

 or hardee. The bar should only be nicked around and then broken off bv 



