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comb-honey producer of this region will find it desirable to have 
six or seven supers prepared for each colony previous to the honey- 
flow, for this many will be needed under good management in good 
seasons. | 
SWARM CONTROL IN EXTRACTED-HONEY PRODUCTION. 
Before the beginning of the honey-flow there will be brood in both 
hive-bodies, unless the queen has been prevented from going from the 
second to the first hive-body by imperfections of the combs. As soon 
as additional hive-bodies are given the queen will almost invariably 
desert the lower hive-body. After the brood in the lower hive-body 
has all been sealed, but before any colonies have swarmed, the queen 
in each colony is placed in the lowest hive-body and a queen excluder 
Fic. 7.—Diagram of the swarm-control method for extracted-honey production. A, Brood 
in both hive-bodies in the spring. B, Supers 3 and 4 are added as more room is needed, 
queen usually abandoning lower brood-chamber. C, Queen placed below queen-excluder 
in (1) after all brood in this hive-body is sealed, Empty super (5) is added and brood- 
chamber (2) is placed on top. 
placed above it (fig. 7). This may be done either by finding the queen 
or by shaking the bees together with the queen from the brood-combs 
into the lower hive-body. Immediately above the queen-excluder are 
placed whatever supers are needed at that time and above these are 
placed the hive-bodies containing brood. Ten days later it may be 
necessary to remove the queencells from the brood on top of the hives, 
although this is not always necessary even if queens are reared so far 
