99 Farmers’ Bulletin 1215. 
above the new brood-chamber. The hive-body which was formerly 
the second story will contain 10 frames, and not eight as in the supers, 
and this is the hive-body which should be left with the bees after the 
removal of the supers. 
If the season is such that swarming is bad, it may be necessary to 
repeat this operation 10 days or two weeks after the first treat- 
ment, this time by shaking the queen and bees of the brood-chamber 
into a hive-body containing empty combs and placing the brood again 
on top. Toward the end of the honey-flow the removed brood may 
be used for making increase, the brood being removed from the hive 
at the end of a week after the second treatment. for swarming. 
SWARM CONTROL IN COMB-HONEY PRODUCTION. 
In the production of comb honey the control of swarming is 
more difficult than when extracted honey is produced. In this case 
also there will normally be brood in both hive-bodies, and, as has 
been stated, most of the brood should be placed in the hive-body 
that is left with the colony when the supers are put on. Strong 
colonies so reduced should be given two comb-honey supers at 
once. From this time on until swarming is over it is necessary to 
examine every untreated colony every seven days to look for queen- 
cells. If queencells are found which contain only eggs or very 
young larve, all of these queencells should be destroyed, and this 
will almost always defer swarming until the next examination. To 
find all the queencells it is necessary to shake most of the bees from 
the combs, in order that none of the queencells may be overlooked. 
If on examination queencells are found containing older larvee, or if 
the larvee are unusually well provided with royal jelly, the colony 
can not be kept from swarming by the removal of queencells and 
must be treated immediately. The queen and the bees are now 
shaken from the brood-combs into the same hive, which is now 
filled with frames of foundation as the old combs are removed. One 
empty comb should be placed in the center of the new brood- 
chamber to prevent the colony from deserting. The supers are now ~ 
replaced. Since the removed brood must have some adhering bees, 
it is customary to find the queen and then to refrain from shaking 
two or three of the brood-combs, being sure that the queen is not 
taken away with the brood. The removed brood is now trans- 
ferred to another hive, which is placed close beside the original hive. 
Seven days later, when the bees are flying freely, this hive of brood 
is removed for increase to a new location, great care being taken 
to do this gently, so that the bees at work in the field will not find 
the new location, but will join the original colony. This usually 
prevents the issuing of an afterswarm and adds the field bees to the 
