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hundred years, stimulative feeding is 

 practiced, and it is only by this plan that 

 an early and short swarming season can 

 be secured. I use a swarm catcher and 

 would not think of doing without one. 



To remove the trouble from over- 

 populousness we have only to have a 

 hive that is large enough, or that can be 

 made large enough, and see that it is 

 enlarged before it really becomes too 

 populous. If we have a hive that cannot 

 be enlarged, then we must remove some 

 of the sealed brood and give it to some 

 colony that is not so populous. Managed 

 in this way, the whole apiary will be in 

 the best condition to take advantage of 

 the honey flow when it comes, instead of 

 . having in it a few giants surrounded by 

 dwarfs. 



Lastly, is the point of having too much 

 unsealed brood in proportion to the num- 

 ber of workers. To remedy this some of 

 the unsealed brood is taken away and 

 given to some colony having more bees 

 in proportion to its unsealed brood. 

 Empty combs are given in place of the 

 brood removed. The empty combs are 

 placed at the side of the brood nest. If 

 there is danger of weakening the colony 

 too much, capped brood may be given in 

 place of the unsealed that is removed." 



The practical conclusions are to know 

 when to expect your harvest, and have 

 your workers reared and ready for it 

 when it comes; then so manage as to 

 curtail breeding or turn the energies of 

 your bees into honey gathering, instead 

 of being dissipated by breeding and 

 swarming, Fortunately, Italian bees are 

 a great help in securing these results. 

 They are inclined to rear large quantities 

 of brood early in the season, but when 

 the harvest arrives, they greatly slacken 

 breeding and turn their energies to honey 

 gathering. Spring prctection. judicious 

 feeding, Italian bees and proper manipu- 

 lation are capable of turning a poor 

 season into a good one. 



SHexico as a 5^ee Country 



B. A. Hadsell of Buckeye, Arizona, one of the 

 largest bee keepers in the world, has made three 

 trips to Mexico investigating that country as a bee 

 country, and is so infatuated with it that he is clos- 

 ing out his bees in Arizona. He has been to great 

 expense in getting up a finely illustrated pamphlet 

 describing the tropics of Mexico as the Bee Man's 

 Paradise, which he will mail free by addressing 

 him. 3-11-lt 



5^. Ji. hadsell. jOititz. 9a. 



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