99 : Farmers’ Bulletin 1216. 
(4) Make nuclei equal in number to 20 per cent of the total num- 
ber of colonies in the apiaries in which young queens are to be mated, 
to provide for cases in which the queens in the upper hive-bodies fail 
to begin laying. If these are needed, they may be united with the 
strong colonies by the newspaper plan (p. 21), and these young 
queens thus introduced. 
(5) Two weeks or more after these queencells have been intro- 
duced (after June 25) examine the combs of the top hive-body for 
eggs laid by the young queen. At any time toward the close of the 
clover honey-flow when convenient, provided the young queen has 
Fic. 7.—Creating conditions comparable to a swarm. Plan 2 for extracted honey. 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 (1). C, Queen placed below ex- 
cluder in lower hive body (1) after all brood in this chamber has been sealed. Empty 
super (5) is added and brood (2) is placed on top. 
begun egg-laying, place the hive-body in which she is located on the 
bottom-board, cover it with a queen-excluder, and place the hive- 
body containing the old queen at the top (above the supers). When 
the clover honey is being extracted, place the hive-body containing 
the old queen directly above the queen-excluder. If deemed best the 
old queen may now be killed, but this is unnecessary in most cases 
as she will be killed by the worker bees after the close of the honey- 
flow from clover. Supers will, of course, be added as needed. 
INCREASE AFTER THE CLOVER HONEY-FLOW. 
If the clover honey-flow is abundant, permanent increase will 
usually be made at the close of the clover honey-flow and at the 
