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it: Most of the brood was placed in the 

 upper story, a queen excluder put be- 

 tween the two stories, and the queen put 

 below. In five or six days, most of the 

 brood in the upper story was sealed 

 over, when this upper story was simply 

 picked up and placed upon a new stand. 

 Of course, most of the old bees returned 

 to the cid stand, but as the brood was 

 nearly all capped over there was no loss 

 of brood. About the second day. after 

 all the old bees had gone back to the 



sweetest of music, the roar of bees 

 coming- in loaded with nectar. It was- 

 the middle of June, and white clover was- 

 in bloom. It was astonishing how soon 

 the combs filled up with honey, and the 

 colonies were ready for upper stories. 

 By the use of feeding, empty combs, and 

 laying queens, I doubled my stock before 

 the opening of the honey harvest, and 

 all were as good and populous as ordinary 

 colonies usually are at this time. 



My supply of empty combs was ex- 



Review Apiary During the Honey Harvest. 



old stand, a laying queen, bought from 

 some Southern breeder, was given to the 

 new colonv. The new colonies thus 

 formed were fed the same as the old 

 ones. 



Once feeding is begun it must be con- 

 tinued until honey comes in from natural 

 sources. Two barrels of sugar had been 

 used in this little apiary, and I was con- 

 templating the purchase of more, when I 

 went up to the yard one afternoon to 

 feed, and my ear was greeted with that 



hausted, and I used full sheets of founda- 

 tion in wired frames. In putting on the 

 first upper story, 1 took five combs from 

 the lower story and put them in the 

 upper story, then, in each story, the 

 combs of brood were alternated with 

 foundation. 



When a third story was needed, the 

 same plan was pursued, that is, combs 

 were raised from the lower stories and 

 alternated with combs of foundation. 



After the honey harvest was on, a few 



