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and the queen-cells cut out. The 

 brood is now nearly all capyed; the 

 few bees old enough for field work will 

 go to the swarm and as many young- 

 bees as this queenless colony can 

 spare are brushed or shaken iii front 

 of the swarm, where they at once will 

 run in. In the swarm we have a large 

 patch of brood, and some yoiuig bees 

 will be of great beneht without caus- 

 ing the svrarming fever. If we have 

 removed the hive in the morning, we 

 can set it back to the old place in the 

 evening, if we want to go home again 

 Tn the home-yard we can wait til! the 

 next day, thus inducing more of the 

 young held-bees to unite with the 

 swarm. This colony now has no 

 queen-cells and no brood to start new 

 ones; it is hopelessly queenless. For 

 this reason 1 give a comb containing 

 some young brood (a small patch of 

 brood will do) so they can start new 

 queen cells, but I do not think this is 

 absolutely necessary. Ten days after- 

 wards this brood-comb is removed, 

 and, after cutting out the queen-cells 

 is used somewhere else. The other 

 brood is nearly all hatched out. and 1 

 shake and brush all the bees in front 

 of the swarm, and remove the hive 

 on the side of the swarm entirely. 



As soon as the honey-tlow is going 

 to end, the brood-nest of the swarm is 

 enlarged to its regular size. The best 

 of the old, now empty, brood-comb can 

 be used and exchanged with some 

 drone-combs, if such should have been 

 built by the swarm. Surplus combs. 

 if not useful in any other way, can 

 be rendered into wax afterwards. 



Different modifications of this plan 

 can be used, but it is not only possi- 

 ble, but practicable, too, by this plan, 

 to run an out-apiary exclusively for 

 comb-honey without danger of loss 

 from natural swarming either before 

 or during the main honey-flow. I>y 

 this plan we keep the working force 



of every colony together and prevent 

 all increase. 



Lately I have read many reports 

 about forced swarms; the most of 

 them favorable. Some prominent 

 writers have mentioned, as a disad- 

 vantage, that by taking away all the 

 brood we remove just so many future 

 tiehlworkers. This proves that my 

 idea, which I published two ye^rs ago, 

 was so much new to them, that they 

 did not understand the main point, 

 Avhich is that I give back to the col- 

 ony, so ti-eated, all the young bees, 

 which 1 have removed in the form of 

 lu'ood, as soon as they are of any 

 \-alue to the colony, and when they 

 will not cause swarming any more. 



I found this plan by theoretical 

 speculation, and combined some well- 

 kno\\n manipulation for this purpose. 

 Tractical tests proved that I was cor- 

 rect. We see theory is not quite as 

 useless as some may think. 



Converse. Texas, Nov. 27. 1902. 



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