18 Farmers’ Bulletin 1222. 
swarm issues, the packing case containing the parent colony should 
be removed within a week. On the seventh day the parent colony 
is set to one side and the swarm is put in its place, with such supers 
as are necessary for receiving incoming nectar. The hive contain- 
ing the parent colony is now gently set on top of the hive containing 
the swarm, thus placing the entire field force with the swarm. Ten 
days after this operation the parent colony and the swarm are united. 
If the tulip-tree honey-flow is heavy and if the weather is good, 
simply set the hive bodies of the parent colony as supers on the 
swarm. If the honey-flow is light, place one thickness of newspaper 
between the parent colony and the swarm. 
Asa rule there will be no swarming until after unpacking, but this 
will then come on with great rapidity unless the beekeeper takes the 
precautions later described. With the methods herein described the 
spring work of the apiary is reduced almost to zero, but the beekeeper 
should take this time to get everything in readiness for the honey- 
flow, for it will come on almost immediately after the bees are 
unpacked. " 
ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR HONEY. 
In the production of extracted honey, which is strongly advised 
for this region, the placing of extra hive-bodies for the honey is not 
a complicated process, as in the production of comb-honey. As a 
rule the honey-flow from the tulip-tree begins suddenly on a bright 
warm day and the incoming nectar comes with a rush. It is, of 
course, necessary that plenty of room be provided for this honey, 
and a common fault in the region is a failure to provide enough room. 
At least two additional 10-frame hive-bodies will be needed for every 
colony that is in normal condition, and one of these should be added 
as soon as the bees are unpacked from the winter cases. If the honey- 
flow is good the beekeeper should examine the colonies every few 
days, for it will be necessary to give most of them more room. Be- 
cause of the amount of water in nectar from the tulip-tree, consider- 
able room is needed for ripening honey as well as for storage, and 
a failure to provide this often greatly reduces the crop. It is quite 
possible in this region for good colonies to require a total space of 
six 10-frame hive-bodies before the close of the honey-flow from the 
tulip-tree, and there will be colonies that need seven. The measures 
advised for swarm control influence the arrangement of the supers, 
as will be described further on. 
SWARM CONTROL. 
After taking all the precautions to have a full-sized colony, it 
would be the height of folly for the beekeeper to allow the bees to 
divide their working force by swarming during the short time when 
