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An August swarm that built comb in the open. 



next day they came out again ; and, iinding 

 that their queen could not accompany them, 

 instead of going back to their own home 

 they went into hive No. 2, and in a few 

 minutes came out again with the bees in 

 that hive, and relocated the process as be- 

 fore stated, but went into hive No. 1 with 

 the bees from No. 2. iThe weather being 

 rather warm, the cover of the hive was lift- 

 ed to ventilate. There were so many bees 

 when the three swarms united that they 

 fairly boiled over, as shown in the photo- 

 grai^h. 



Powell, Wvo. 



AN AUGUST SWARM 



BY A. B. GILES, M. D. 



I am sending you a photo of a swarm 

 which came out of a hive on the 27th of 

 last August. They clustered in an apple 

 tree, built comb, and liad some brood. This 

 picture was taken Oct. 13 by one of my 

 neighbors, Mr. R. J. Clemmitt. I took 48 



sections of white honey from .the hive from 

 which they came. It is remarkable that 

 they swarmed so late in the season that it 

 was a first swarm, and that they stayed so 

 long in the oj^en. 

 Forest Park, Md. 



SWARM CONTROL-INCREASE AND DE- 

 CREASE 



BY RALEIGH THOMPSON 



If a beekeeper desires moderate increase 

 and a crop of honey he should first let his 

 bees swarm, and then set the new colony on 

 the old stand with the old colony by the 

 side of it. In four days he should remove 

 the old colony to a new location, put on a 

 queen-trap, and wait for the second swarm, 

 which will issue in from nine to fourteen 

 days from the time the first swarm came 

 out. He should then catch the virgin in 

 the trap, .which Avill prevent the swarm 

 from leaving, for a young queen is very 

 gay. The trap should not be rem.oved until 

 the bees begin to return. Then the old hive 

 should be removed, and another one put in 

 its place. Put the trap on this hive and let 

 the queen loose through the hole in the trap 

 for that purpose. Provide for the bees a 

 frame of eggs and larvae. 



Take the old colony to a new location, and 

 the next day divide it into as many colonies 

 as can be supplied with queen or good cells. 

 Grive them a frame of eggs and larvfe. It 

 makes them feel more at home. One should 

 lemove all supers from the first colony at 

 the time it is hived. This is the best plan 

 for the novice, and I think for older bee- 

 keepers as well, for there are very few 

 queens that will beat swarming queens. 



THE SHAKEX-SWARM PLAN. 



Now for swarm control. I use the shak- 

 en-swarm plan given in the ABC and X 

 Y Z of Bee Culture when I do not allow 

 natural swarming, only I go a few steps 

 further. T set the old hive by the side of 

 the new coloin-, and in six days I put on an 

 entrance-guard and shake the bees into the 

 new eolonj' again, leaving only enough to 

 take care of the brood and queen. One must 

 be careful if it is a natural swarm or he 

 will find one or more queens on the giiards. 

 Now save the best cell or queen, and de- 

 stroy all the rest if they are not needed 

 elsewhere. Set the old hive on the other 

 side of the new one, leaving an entrance at 

 the further corner. In four days more 

 move it to the other side, leaving the en- 

 trance at the further corner again. If it is 

 a shaken swarm, one must raise queens for 

 the hives, for a queen made by a shaken 



