Beekeeping in the Tulip-Tree Region. 19 
tulip-tree blossoms are pouring out nectar, and this is just the time 
when they will swarm normally unless steps are taken to prevent this. 
Too many beekeepers of the region still look on swarming as indicat- 
ing a prosperous condition of the bees, failing to realize that this 
phenomenon, if unchecked, destroys all chance of a further crop 
from any short early honey-flows. Every precaution should be taken, 
therefore, to prevent swarming, and if any increase in the number of 
colonies is desired, this should be made by artificial division after 
the honey-flow, but before August 15. 
ric, 6.—Diagram of 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. ©. Queen placed below queen-excluder 
in (1) after all brood in this hive-body has been sealed. Empty super (5) is added 
and brood-chamber (2) is placed on top. 
Before the bees are unpacked there will be brood in both of the 
hive-bodies (fig. 6, 4), unless the queen has been prevented from 
going from the second story to the first by imperfection of the combs 
(see p. 12). Assoon as they are unpacked and additional hive-bodies 
are given, the queen will almost invariably desert the lower hive- 
body and will then lay eggs in combs in the second and third bodies 
(fig. 6, B). In a short time the lowest hive-body will contain only 
sealed brood, but in the meantime the bees will have filled many cells 
in this hive-body with pollen and there may be a little honey there. 
Ten days after the bees are unpacked, if any queencells are started in 
preparation for swarming, these queencells should be cut out and the 
queen should be removed from the brood on which she is found and 
