290 Farmers’ Bulletin 1215. 
In comb-honey production it is more important, but is decreasing 
among the best beekeepers, since swarm control is being more care- 
fully practiced. 
In some seasons there may be a tendency for the bees to make prepa- 
rations for swarming before the usual time of unpacking. When this 
occurs it is best to unpack all colonies at once and to proceed with 
swarm-contro] measures, as increase before or early in the clover 
honey-flow is undesirable. 
ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR HONEY. 
In the production of extracted honey the giving of room for sur- 
plus honey is not so complicated as in comb-honey production. The 
honey-flow from the clovers is usually rapid and short, and this 
makes it necessary that the extra room be given promptly and in 
sufficient quantity, or some of the honey will be lost. The first super 
should be given before the honey-flow begins, at the time of un- 
packing if the bees have been wintered outdoors. Additional supers 
should be given before the bees are at all crowded for room, usually 
when the super previously given is about half full and when there 
is some honey in all of the combs, except that at the close of the 
honey-flow the bees should be allowed to fill out their supers. Be- 
cause of the amount of water in nectar from the clovers consider- 
able room is needed for ripening honey, as well as for storage, and 
a failure to provide this often greatly reduces the crop. Unless 
honey is to be extracted during the clover honey-flow, as is usually 
not desirable, the beekeeper of this region will find it desirable to 
have at least six full-depth hive-bodies for each colony, and some- 
times more are needed in good seasons under good management. 
The measures advised for swarm control influence the arrangement 
of the supers, as will be described later. 
In the production of comb-honey each colony should be reduced 
to a single hive-body when the first comb-honey super is given, 
this hive-body being filled with brood. The removed hive-bodies 
containing some brood should be given to colonies not used for comb- 
honey production, each colony being given about six such hive-bodies 
as supers to be filled with honey and later returned after the comb- 
honey supers have been removed. The first super should contain 
some bait sections and should be given soon after the appearance 
of the first white clover blossoms. Additional supers should be 
added as needed, each being given about the time that the one 
previously given is about half full, and each should be placed imme- 
diately above the brood-chamber, except toward the close of the 
season. For detailed directions regarding the placing of comb- 
honey supers the reader is referred to Farmers’ Bulletin 1039, The 
