THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 107 



season l>y lumtiiii;- up the tiueens in all eari^' as I could ,i,'et younj^ queens from 



your colonies any time before you want the South t- eplace them, and only 



t( *^^ ^{?oduco anew one, and clippinf^f once did I have a colony swarm that 



'ai.i-s, tht-'n 'llu on^ has to do is was gfiven a young- queen early in the 



■' " e tlie u'lolippcd queen, and spring, and, in that case the queen 



do ':\)c huntini,^ and killinj^. was imperfect." 



See '.' ' ' This looks to be five times tiie work 



I ha.- tric_. this cli,-HJ-arr sting- plan that it really is, but if one goes at it, 



of int.- ducin.i;- on only four or five at tlie right time, and has the proper 



appliances, and enough of them to have 

 a whole apiary going at once, the work 

 does not compare with that required 

 to manage swarming; and, with 

 swarming, one has to have a lot of 

 extra hives. 



If a colony has one of these young 



([ueens and plenty of room the3' need 



no fussing, and go into the harvest 



with enough more bees to pay for the 



trouble of rearing her. If she is given 



tlu- t , .[u u 1-. II tiiu - .it the beginning of fruit bloorn, the 



ing ; iii.t stopped for , -.olony, if a strong one, should have a 



;inl\{ a Colony in given .li.. .: •,.i;.en crate of sections in which to store their 



■f'?':' it '^et-; tlie sw I'iii ig leMcr, iione}', for such a queen makes busi- 



icnls pr .e ihat lhe\' ness hum, and there will be no crowd- 



; tl. To cA\h- ing of the brood nest if there is any 



-.m do no room above. 



editoi ial The picture sliows the super cover, 



\'\ ieviow of which is also a bee-escape board and 



J li>' say.s: cover to the brood chamber, on which 



oved the rests the hive cover when super is off. 

 tru'.ii.ti;!!' the giv- The bottom board is perfectly' plain, 



iiiL'-'ti I \ ■^' i-m- the entrance being down through a 



: -iit saw-kerf then out horizontally; in the 



! ri- picture it is closed. 



'^ EastBloomfield, N. Y., March.23,06. 



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M. A. GILL. 



EDIT* )K KIOVIICW, I have read with who are to practice shook-swarming to 



much interest two aVticles from the leave the young swarm on the old 



able pen of K. C. Aikin; one in the stand in a queenless condition, and 



American Bee Journal, and one in the carry the old queen away with the 



last Review, \.\ which he advises those brood to the old stand. 



