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  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Desborouoh 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  is 
  pretty 
  nearly 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  young 
  bees 
  in 
  

   each 
  case 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  nearly 
  the 
  same, 
  so 
  far 
  therefore 
  the 
  balance 
  

   is 
  equal 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  other 
  circumstances 
  tending 
  to 
  

   show 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  winter 
  of 
  a 
  swarm 
  is 
  a 
  critical 
  period, 
  and 
  on 
  

   that 
  account, 
  it 
  is 
  preferable 
  to 
  retain 
  stocks 
  of 
  one 
  year 
  old 
  or 
  

   upwards, 
  instead 
  of 
  swarms, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  absolutely 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   reduce 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  hives 
  in 
  an 
  apiary. 
  

  

  We 
  now 
  set 
  forth 
  the 
  advantages 
  possessed 
  by 
  stocks, 
  and 
  the 
  

   disadvantages 
  attending 
  swarms, 
  in 
  parallel 
  columns. 
  

  

  Disadvantages 
  attending 
  the 
  

   retention 
  of 
  Swarms. 
  

  

  The 
  hive 
  peopled 
  by 
  a 
  swarm 
  

   may 
  very 
  probably 
  not 
  be 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  filled 
  with 
  comb 
  ; 
  if 
  so, 
  

   the 
  open 
  space 
  will 
  render 
  it 
  

   much 
  more 
  cold 
  and 
  uncom- 
  

   fortable 
  than 
  if 
  the 
  whole 
  in- 
  

   terior 
  were 
  filled 
  with 
  comb, 
  

   and 
  the 
  bees 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  lia- 
  

   ble 
  to 
  be 
  chilled 
  when 
  they 
  

   begin 
  to 
  traverse 
  the 
  comb 
  in 
  

   the 
  spring. 
  

  

  A 
  swarm 
  may 
  in 
  truth 
  have 
  

   a 
  greater 
  weight 
  of 
  honey 
  than 
  

   a 
  stock, 
  yet 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  

   sufficient 
  quantity 
  of 
  pollen, 
  or 
  

   bee 
  bread 
  to 
  consume, 
  before 
  

   the 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  will 
  

   enable 
  the 
  supply 
  to 
  be 
  re- 
  

   newed. 
  

  

  The 
  queen 
  will 
  certainly 
  be 
  

   one 
  year 
  old 
  ; 
  she 
  may 
  be 
  two, 
  

   and 
  even 
  three, 
  and 
  therefore 
  

   so 
  much 
  nearer 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  her 
  

   natural 
  death, 
  rendering 
  the 
  

   hive 
  liable 
  in 
  a 
  succeeding 
  year 
  

   or 
  two, 
  to 
  the 
  danger 
  and 
  risk 
  

   attending 
  her 
  renewal 
  ; 
  and 
  

   being 
  an 
  old 
  queen, 
  she 
  does 
  

   not 
  continue 
  the 
  breeding 
  so 
  

  

  Comparative 
  advantages 
  i^os- 
  

   sessed 
  by 
  a 
  Stock. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  second 
  season, 
  when 
  

   the 
  swarm 
  becomes 
  a 
  stock, 
  

   the 
  hive 
  will 
  be 
  filled 
  entirely 
  

   with 
  comb. 
  

  

  A 
  stock 
  will 
  always 
  be 
  plen- 
  

   tifully 
  supplied 
  with 
  pollen, 
  and 
  

   generally 
  with 
  honey 
  : 
  although 
  

   it 
  sometimes 
  occurs, 
  it 
  seldom 
  

   happens, 
  that 
  an 
  old 
  stock 
  dies 
  

   of 
  actual 
  starvation. 
  

  

  The 
  old 
  queen 
  having 
  de- 
  

   parted 
  with 
  the 
  swarm, 
  the 
  

   queen 
  now 
  governing 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  

   young 
  queen 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  

   this 
  most 
  important 
  advantage 
  

   is 
  possessed 
  by 
  the 
  stock 
  in 
  

   consequence, 
  viz., 
  that 
  the 
  

   breeding 
  by 
  the 
  young 
  queen 
  

   being 
  carried 
  on 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  

   season 
  than 
  by 
  an 
  old 
  one, 
  and 
  

  

  