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body from which she has been excluded either by finding her or by 
shaking all of the bees, including the queen, from the combs. The 
hive body to which the queen has just been transferred is left on the 
old stand as the new brood-chamber and the hive body from which 
she was taken is now removed and managed as a parent colony. 
(Fig. 9, C.) This treatment may be sufficient when the honey-flow 
is short in duration, but if the honey-flow is long, swarming may be 
only delayed by this process. However, by giving a ripe queencell to 
the parent colony soon after the division is made, then after the 
young queen begins to lay substituting the brood-chamber contain- 
ing the young queen for the brood-chamber containing the oid queen, 
A B c D 
Fic. 10.—Creating conditions comparable to a swarm, Plan 3 for extracted honey. 215 
Colony in single story in early spring. B, Second brood-chamber (2) is added when more 
room for brood-rearing is needed. (C, Ten days later the queen is placed below excluder 
(1), super (8) is added, and brood-chamber (2) is placed on top. D, Ten days later the 
queencells in brood-chamber (2) are destroyed, the queen is placed in lowest hive body 
(5) which contains empty combs or combs and foundation, the queen being confined to 
this chamber by a queen-excluder ; empty super (4) is added and brood-chamber (1) is 
placed on top. 
conditions comparable to the parent colony (p. 39) are created. 
(Fig. 9, D.) Such colonies, as a rule, do not attempt to swarm again 
the same season. 
3. When the bees need more room for brood-rearing in the spring, 
give a set of brood combs (preferably old, dark combs), placing 
them on top of the original brood-chamber. (Fig. 10, 4, 2.) I 
the colony is strong at this time the queen will enter this added 
brood-chamber promptly, usually neglecting the lower hive body 
until the upper one is filled with brood, honey, and pollen. Ten 
days later, or at about the time of the beginning of the honey-flow, 
the brood in the lower story should all be sealed. At this time trans- 
fer the queen to the lower hive body, either by finding her or by 
