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the time that our flow opens, they have 

 not prepared to swarm, and as soon as 

 there is honey coming in fast enough so 

 that they can build comb, we are ready 

 to give them the supers. First, we re- 

 move all but one section of the brood 

 nest, placing upon this shallow hive one 



young queens have hatched in the sections 

 of brood that were first removed, we 

 exchange sections with the swarming 

 colony while the bees are in the air. The 

 old queen being clipped is caught and 

 placed in a cage, and the section of 

 brood with the young queen is placed on 



Sectional Hive and Super Used by Mr. S. D. House. 



or two supers, according to the size of 

 the colony, then we shake the greater 

 part of the bees from the sections re- 

 moved, to the one which has the supers, 

 and place the section of brood removed 

 on a new stand, and give a ripe queen 

 cell. If the colony that we have started 

 to work for comb honey should swarm 

 out later, we either remove the balance 

 of the brood and give full sheets of 

 foundation with one empty comb, or, 

 after we get well into the season and our 



the stand where the swarm issued, and 

 supers placed thereon. The brood with 

 the young queen should be all sealed. 

 With this young queen and no unsealed 

 larvae in the hive, we have controlled 

 swarming in this colony for the season. 

 The old queen is killed; or if valuable, 

 may be returned to the brood that was 

 taken away. 



If we wish to make increase, we set a 

 section of brood upon a new stand and 

 give a queen cell; and, after getting the 



