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  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Desborough 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  out 
  being 
  once 
  stung 
  in 
  completing 
  it, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  quite 
  sure 
  that 
  

   any 
  apiarian 
  who 
  has 
  once 
  seen 
  the 
  experiment 
  carried 
  out, 
  and 
  

   has 
  noted 
  the 
  advantage 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  therefrom, 
  will 
  be 
  certain 
  

   to 
  adopt 
  it. 
  Plain 
  practical 
  directions 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  for 
  perform- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  operation, 
  but 
  our 
  strong 
  advice 
  to 
  every 
  one 
  is, 
  not 
  to 
  omit 
  

   seeing 
  it 
  done 
  by 
  an 
  experienced 
  apiarian, 
  if 
  possible 
  ; 
  more 
  may 
  

   be 
  learned 
  and 
  more 
  confidence 
  gained 
  in 
  seeing 
  once, 
  than 
  in 
  

   reading 
  a 
  dozen 
  times. 
  We 
  have 
  practised 
  this 
  system 
  entirely 
  

   for 
  the 
  last 
  six 
  years, 
  and 
  during 
  that 
  time 
  have 
  never 
  had 
  occa- 
  

   sion 
  once 
  to 
  resort 
  to 
  any 
  expedient 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  stocks 
  in 
  our 
  

   apiary: 
  the 
  extract 
  from 
  "my 
  note 
  book," 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1847, 
  

   given 
  at 
  pp. 
  153 
  and 
  154, 
  will 
  show 
  how 
  far 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  stocks 
  

   was 
  prevented 
  in 
  that 
  year 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  queens 
  killed, 
  

   the 
  probability 
  is, 
  that 
  had 
  not 
  the 
  system 
  been 
  persevered 
  in, 
  

   the 
  stock 
  No. 
  4 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  split 
  up 
  into 
  numerous 
  colonies, 
  

   and 
  forty 
  pounds 
  of 
  honey 
  in 
  glass 
  would 
  certainly 
  not 
  then 
  have 
  

   been 
  obtained. 
  

  

  We 
  cannot 
  better 
  conclude 
  this 
  essay 
  than 
  by 
  suggesting 
  an 
  

   experiment 
  which 
  occurred 
  to 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1851, 
  but 
  from 
  the 
  

   extraordinary 
  circumstance 
  of 
  our 
  not 
  having 
  a 
  single 
  swarm 
  in 
  

   our 
  apiary 
  in 
  1852 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  for 
  us 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  

   thus 
  making 
  it 
  known, 
  we 
  may 
  probably 
  induce 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  

   apiarian 
  friends 
  to 
  try 
  the 
  plan, 
  and 
  thereby 
  it 
  may 
  the 
  sooner 
  be 
  

   estabhshed 
  as 
  successful, 
  or 
  not, 
  and 
  the 
  benefit, 
  if 
  successful, 
  

   may 
  be 
  the 
  sooner 
  promulgated 
  ; 
  in 
  doing 
  this, 
  we 
  feel 
  we 
  are 
  

   not 
  overstepping 
  the 
  bounds 
  of 
  this 
  essay, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  bears 
  practically 
  on 
  the 
  prevention 
  of 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  stocks. 
  

   In 
  the 
  year 
  1851, 
  by 
  accident, 
  the 
  bees 
  of 
  a 
  swarm 
  were 
  returned 
  

   to 
  a 
  hive 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  originally 
  belong 
  ; 
  that 
  hive 
  had 
  

   been 
  previously 
  not 
  much 
  inclined 
  to 
  work 
  (it 
  is 
  true, 
  the 
  popu- 
  

   lation 
  was 
  not 
  over 
  large); 
  immediately 
  the 
  bees 
  of 
  the 
  swarm 
  

   had 
  joined 
  this 
  hive, 
  the 
  whole 
  population 
  commenced 
  working 
  

   vigorously, 
  r.nd 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  a 
  fair 
  proportion 
  of 
  honey 
  j 
  

   the 
  stock 
  from 
  whence 
  the 
  swarm 
  issued 
  was 
  a 
  strong 
  one, 
  and 
  

   although 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  produce 
  as 
  much 
  honey 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  done 
  

   had 
  the 
  bees 
  of 
  the 
  swarm 
  been 
  returned 
  to 
  it, 
  yet 
  it 
  gathered 
  

   strength 
  and 
  produced 
  three 
  glasses 
  of 
  honey, 
  one 
  being 
  thirteen 
  

   pounds 
  in 
  weight. 
  

  

  Now 
  it 
  occurred 
  to 
  us, 
  that 
  as 
  the 
  accession 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   strange 
  bees 
  to 
  the 
  lazy 
  hive 
  immediately 
  induced 
  work, 
  that 
  it 
  

   would 
  be 
  prudent, 
  instead 
  of 
  returning 
  the 
  bees 
  of 
  a 
  swarm 
  to 
  

   the 
  stock 
  from 
  whence 
  the 
  swarm 
  issued, 
  to 
  join 
  them 
  to 
  another 
  

  

  