Beekeeping in the Buckwheat Region. 21 
a young queen). Now kill the old queen and set the hive-bodies con- 
taining her brood as supers on top of the supers of the adjacent hive. 
This uniting should be done when nectar is coming in freely. If at 
any time of the day there is a tendency for nectar-secretion of the 
buckwheat to slow down, as is often reported, it may be necessary to 
unite the upper brood-nest by placing it above two thicknesses of 
newspaper in which small perforations are made. The enormous 
colony of bees thus formed will be able to get the maximum crop 
from the buckwheat and swarming will rarely, if ever, result at this 
season. 
Tt will often be found unnecessary to kill the old queen, since in 
most cases the young queen is the one which will survive. At the 
first manipulation of the colony after the uniting is done, the upper 
brood-chamber should be placed directly above that containing the 
young queen, thus giving the colony its two hive-bodies and old 
brood-combs for the winter and spring in adjacent positions. The 
upper of the two brood-chambers will be filled with good stores as 
the brood emerges. The queen-excluder should be left in position 
until the close of the buckwheat honey-flow. If there is drone brood 
in the upper brood-chamber, a small opening may be left above the 
queen-excluder from which the adult drones may leave this hive- 
body. 
SWARM CONTROL WITHOUT DIVISION. 
If the colonies are not to be divided, because of the possibility of 
getting a crop from the clovers, it will then be necessary to apply 
swarm-control measures. To induce the colonies to continue inten- 
sive brood-rearing, to keep them working vigorously in the supers, 
and at the same time to control swarming and prevent a division of 
the working force during the clover honey-flow, the following plan 
(fig. 7) may be used: 
(1) About June 1, or before the clover honey-flow has begun, give 
each colony an extracting super on top of the second story of the 
hive, giving the queens full range of all three hive-bodies (fig. 7, B). 
(2) By about June 10, if the colonies are strong, the queen will 
have abandoned the lower hive-body. Between June 10 and 15, de- 
pending on the progress of the clover honey-flow and on the devel- 
opment of the swarming instinct, find the queen and place her in the 
lower hive-body, over hich is ite placed a queen- -excluder (fig. 
7, C). The hive-body containing the most brood is now put on top, 
supers being added as needed between the queen-excluder and the 
top brood-chamber. 
(3) About June 15 place in each of the top hive-bodies contain- 
ing brood a ripe queencell, arranging for a small opening through 
which the young queens may fly out to mate. 
