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started queen-cells the shaken swarm 

 is nearl}' sure to svvarinout. To avoid 

 all this the brood comb must be re- 

 moved the next morning^ after making^ 

 the swarm, and then we shall have no 

 more trouble. 



At other times, if the bees are not in- 

 clined to swarm, the brood-comb can 

 be left with the swarm; but the swarm 

 should be examined the follovvinju:^ day. 

 If some cells are built of the worker 

 size, everj'thinj^ will i^o all right; but 

 if the swarm did not build at all, or 

 made some drone combs, the brood 

 must be removed at once or the colony 

 will swarm out soon. 



4. Sometimes the reason for swarm- 

 ing out is that the hive is too small for 

 the swarm, and is overheated by the 

 uneasiness of the bees. This ma}' be 

 so if we give a contracted brood-nest, 

 and over a queen-excluder a section- 

 super. P^or this reason we should 

 give a full-sized brood-nest at first, 

 and contract it afterward when the 

 bees have commenced to build combs. 

 If divisible brood chambers are used 

 we should at first have an empty stor}' 

 under the one which the swarm will 

 have permanently, and this empt}' 

 stor}' should be removed the next day, 

 when the bees have settled down to 

 business. 



5. It is said that, by shaking^ the 

 bees in front of the hive, they crawl in 

 the grass and up one's trowsers legs, 

 resulting in more or less stings and 

 inconveniences. 



This can easily be avoided if we 

 shake and brush the bees di recti}' into 

 the hive. We set the hive with the 

 frames on its stand, and on top of it 

 an empty hive-body. Into this we 

 shake or brush the bees, and not in 

 front of the hive. It is not necessary 

 that a single bee fall outside of this 

 hive. 



6. If we make a number of shaken 

 swarms in one of our yards we avoid 

 shaking two colonies close together. 

 If this should be necessary we work, 

 after shaking the first colon}', in an- 

 other part of the apiary till the first- 

 made swarm has quieted down some- 

 what. 



I think I have explained everything 

 which could caus'^ a failure in making 

 shaken swarms. I have had much gen- 

 eral success with these swarms for 2.S 

 years, and have describe<l the way I 

 make them as plain as I was able tu 

 do, so that I can't understand why 

 others report failures with this kind of 

 swarms. 



SWARMING AND INCREASE. 



A Method That is Easily Followed in the 

 Home Apiary. 



Since I have commenced the estab- 

 lishing of out-apiaries, how differently 

 some of the instructions and methods 

 strike me. As I read s )me article, how 

 often the thought comes, "That's all 

 right in a home yard, but it is 'no 

 good' in an out-apiary.'" However, 

 as an editor, I must remember that 

 most of the apiaries are home-apiaries, 

 and methods appropriate for use in 

 such apiaries are of interest to the ma- 

 jority. Just at present, swarming and 

 control of increase are of special in- 

 terest, and, if bees are allowed to 

 swarm, as in many cases they are, a 

 most excellent plan is that given by 

 Mr. E. A. Morgan, of South Dakota. 

 In the Farmer, of last November, he 

 gives the plan wh»ch is as follows: 



I have never been an advocate of 

 the non-swarming methods. In my 

 book (Bee-Keeping^ for Profit) page Ih, 

 it reads, '"I consider swarming an ad- 

 vantage and it should be encouraged 

 rather than discouraged. The secret 

 is in hiving in such a manner tha^ 

 storing goes on during the -vhule honey- 

 gathering season." 



During swarming is the proper time 

 to select choice queens, \vhen a swarm 

 starts, they have in the hive from six 

 to twelve queen cells built and capped 

 over. These are large and long, and 

 being built in a strong colony prepar 

 ing to swarm, they have an abundant 

 supply of royal jelly inside which 

 gives strength and long life to the 

 queens that hatch from them. (Mieens 

 hatched from Ifjcsc cell*' hnve j^r/^ater 

 vigor, strength a:id endurance than 

 those built in nuclei with few bees, 

 containing only a scant amount of 

 royal jelly in the cells. Often chilled 

 before hatching, tlie queens are weak 

 and short lived. 



To save the foi rn-T I allow -i:-:-:--) io 

 remain until the -■ irm issues: rhen 

 while the bees are '>, the air 1 .-.(.-t ^'le 

 hive off the stand "id place ♦! .. ne.-. 



