UUEANINGS IN BEE CUETUKE 



Hiving a swarm in a soap-box. From F. E. Bornemann, Bay City, Oregon. 



only favor increase, but at the same time 

 help to keep clown natural swarming. 



The rules given above are for those who 

 handle their bees often, and depend on theii' 

 manipulation to control swarming. Of 

 course, queens' wings must be clipped; and 

 while it gives one perhaps about as much 

 Avoi'k as to dejDend on natural swarming, it 

 saves a lot of time. I forgot to say that 

 if, at any time at the close of the day, you 

 have on hand a surplus of brood-combs, 

 they can be put on top of some weak colo- 

 ny or placed in some colony (hat may be 

 loafing, making them care for the brood. 



For those who have but one yard of bees, 

 and do not care to handle them more than 

 is absolutely necessary, and for those who 

 prefer to let their bees swarm naturally, I 

 know of no better way than to hive early 

 swarms into hives filled with dry combs, 

 and, after eight or ten days, run the new 

 swarms into those that swarmed first. In 

 this way second swarms are largely pre- 

 vented, all are kept strong, and the largest 

 amount of surplus secured. While this does 

 not AvhoUy control swarming it does con- 

 trol increase in a very satisfactory way. 



If you lack empty combs, place over 

 strong colonies as many supers full of 

 frames filled with comb foundation as you 

 are likely to need. The bees will draw out 

 the foundation into comb more economically 

 than in any other way. New swarms or 

 shaken swarms do not, as a rule, take kind- 



ly to foundation so far as my experience 

 goes, and often desert a hive filled with it 

 when they Avill accept half-drawn combs 

 with the greatest pleasure. 

 Middlebury, Vt. 



CHOOSING A LOCATION FOR AN APIARY 



The Importance of a Near-by Source of Nectar and 

 Pollen in the Spring 



BY J. L. BYER 



At tliis season of the year many, no 

 doubt, will be considering the matter of 

 starting apiaries; and while the experienc- 

 ed beekeeper needs no advice along this 

 line, a few hints to beginners may not be 

 out of place. Naturally, when thinking of 

 starting an apiary of any size, the first 

 thing that will be considered is the prospects 

 of having enough honey-producing flora to 

 produce a crop of surplus honey ; for, no 

 matter how many colonies of bees one may 

 have, and no matter how strong they may 

 be in numbers, if there is no forage for the 

 bees at the time surplus should be gathered, 

 all the previous labor of the beekeeper and 

 of the bees will amount to naught. How- 

 ever, situations of that nature are scarce; 

 and, as a rule, if one has bouncing big colo- 

 nies at the opening of the clover flow he 

 may safely count on getting at least a par- 

 tial crop, one year with another. 



Granted, then, that there is enough clover, 



