MAY 1, 1913 



viouslj^ given the nuclei. About a third of 

 these bees are young nurse bees, and will 

 stay with the brood. This method avoids 

 any trouble of closing up or opening later. 

 Every eight days we again shake a frame 

 of bees in front of each one of these nuclei, 

 thus helping the nuclei and holding the full 

 colonies in check from swarming. 



BEES SLUGGISH BEFORE THEY SWARM. 



One of our great troubles in this locality 



is spring sujiersedure of queens; and in 

 many eases this causes swarming when it 

 would not happen otherwise, the breeding 

 season being so long that many of the 

 queens fail in the spring of the second year. 

 Often by simply opening hives and taking 

 out frames of bees one can tell by the ac- 

 tion of the bees whether there are cells in 

 the hives. The bees are always filled with 

 honey, and act sluggish when making prep- 



Svarm returning to the hive because the queen was clipped. 



