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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 2, 1903. 



tion or combs; but that is not my experience. 

 In 1901 I gave six or eight shaken swarms, 

 that were very strong, brood-frames having 

 only starters or half an inch of foundation 

 under the top-bar; but 1 found such did not 

 store nearly as much surplus as those given 

 full sheets of foundation or old combs; and 

 out of all there were not half a dozen good 

 brood-combs — nearly all was drone-comb. So 

 J find it much better to "shake" on to full 

 iframes of foundation well wired to shaking 

 into empty hives. 



But foundation has its drawbacks or disad- 

 vantages, or is not wholly satisfactory as a 

 preventive of swarming. During the present 

 season I shook some fifty or sixty colonies 

 into hives with foundation. Some eight or 

 ,ten of these swarmed out a day or two later, 

 some of them without touching the founda- 

 tion, while others drew it out a littleand then 

 decamped. 



As my queens' wings were all clipped, some 

 of the queens returned with a few bees with 

 them while other colonies remained silent. 

 Where the bees are content to stay on foun- 

 dation they usually do well, although, if the 

 queen is old or poor, they will frequently 

 start a little brood and a few queen-cells, and 

 then swarm again. 



I have had the best results from " shaken '■ 

 swarms when shaken on to old combs carried 

 over from the previous year, or from hives 

 where the bees died during the winter or 

 spring. If these combs contain considerable 

 honey it does no harm. I think I should pre- 

 fer to have them about half full of honey. 

 Last year 1 gave one such forced swarms a 

 hive full of combs that were nearly solid with 

 honey, and they did nicely. But if the combs 

 are quite free of honey, and if you have a 

 good-sized swarm, and honey is plentiful in 

 the fields, they will soon have enough. 



Spreading Brood. 



This is practiced after the following 

 fashion by the Texas editor of the Progressive 



We will take a normal colony at the open- 

 ing of spring and as soon as we find that the 

 queen has brood in two frames we will select 

 two nice combs that are about one-third full 

 of honey at the top and will set two of these 

 Combs one on each side of the two frames of 

 brood; thus we will have two frames in the 

 center of brood, the one next on each side 

 partially empty, and beyond these the two 

 combs of pollen. 



In about two weeks we will return to this 

 colony and we will find that the queen has ex- 

 tended her brood, and now has four frames 

 filled. We will proceed as before and slip in 

 two more combs next to the four containing 



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brood, always moving the pollen-combs to- 

 wards the walls and finally making use ot them 

 for brood. Now, by the lime the queen has 

 the six frames full of brood we may expect 

 that the two middle ones are about full of 

 eggs again, the first eggs laid therein have 

 hatched out. At this juncture, just as the 

 queen begins filling them the second time, 

 if we will insert, between the two middle 

 combs, empty combs, they will be filled at 

 once with eggs, and fuller than they would 

 be filled if placed on the outside. There is 

 one great truth to learn in spreading brood, 

 and that is that we must not chop brood, and 

 by this I mean placing empty combs in be- 

 tween combs of capped brood, or the giving 

 of combs faster than the queens can fill or the 

 bees keep warm. 



Hiving Extraordinary— A True Story, 



The following novel plan was adopted by 

 an oldlskeppist, owning, at least, 170 colonies 

 of bees: 



One hot day at the end of .June several 

 swarms issued simultaneously, and the bee- 

 man had only three empty skeps, which would 

 not hold one-half the bees. So, feeling sure 

 that many other swarms would turn out dur- 

 ing the day, he emptied the second lot in 

 question into a sack and tied them up. Later 

 the same day, as expected, many others (he 

 could not say how many) of his numerous 

 skeps followed suit, and the swarms were 

 treated in the same way. Then he sent for 

 more skeps, and ordered a long stand. When 

 these came home a few days after, he untied 

 the sack and laded out the bees with a hand- 

 bowl. In this way nine skeps were filled, all 

 of which were placed on the stand. This 

 done, he turned the sack inside out and shook 

 it ! " Now, guy'ner '' (he said, when I called 

 a few days ago), "how is it them bees 

 wouldn't bide? Every blessed skepwas empty 

 within a week. 1 k no lex there was £10 worth 

 of bees went away." Then he added, " It's 

 the wust season I ever knowed — stified 50 lots 

 an' only got 7 ewt. of honey."— A Country 

 Parson, in the British Bee journal. 



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S. E. Miller thinks we should invoke the 

 aid of the general government. He says in 

 the Bee-Keepers' Review : 



In regard to a honey crop report, I think 

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 importance of this matter were fully shown 

 up to the Secretary of Agriculture he would 

 not hesitate to incorporate a honey report 

 along with the regular crop report, as now 

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 intelligent bee-keepers throughout the coun- 

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