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Allowing the bees oi ;i swarm lo run directly iruni u small ciierry tree into a hive. 



A SWARM THAT TOOK ENTIRE POSSESSION 

 OF A CHERRY TREE 



BY R. C. SCOTT 



The swarm shown in the engraving issued 

 from a hive about the middle of August, 

 and settled direct on this cherry tree, i 

 placed a new nine-frame Massie hive by the 

 tree, and the swarm entered it, although 

 the hive had only the bare frames. After 

 that time the bees filled the brood cham- 

 ber clear full, and stored 15 lbs. in the su- 

 per. 



Segundo, Col. 



CARNIOLANS NOT SWARMERS 



BY LOUIS SCHOLI. 



.\fter having quite a number of colonies 

 of (arniolan bees in our apiaries for several 

 years, both pure and crossed with blacks or 

 Italians, we may say that we have never 

 had any trouble with these bees swarming 

 more than any other that we have observed. 

 < >ur experience has included every variety of 

 bees that have been popular at one time or 

 another, such as blacks, Italians (goldens 

 and three-banded), ('y])rians, Holy I>ands, 

 Carniolans, Caucasians, and Banats. ancl 

 various crosses of several of these races. We 

 have, however, attributed our success in 

 controlling swarming of even the much- 

 condemned Carniolans to the large hives 



we use. They are ten-frame hives which we 

 adoi^ted years ago after trying them side by 

 side with the eight-frame hives, in every 

 possible way, trying to make the best use 

 out of them, since we had them on our 

 hands. In addition to the regular ten-frame 

 hives we have the ten-frame divisible-brood- 

 chamber hives that are still better for this 

 purpose of swarm control, since many ma- 

 nipulations can be made with this kind of 

 hive that are not possible with the regular 

 hives. 



But recently we received a letter from a 

 Carniolan queen-breeder, Wm. Kernan. in 

 which he says in part, " Vou will find that 

 Carniolans will do best in ten-frame hives. 

 They seem to do better than in eight-frame 

 tiered up. If you have any ten-frame hives, 

 try them: and if you give them an abun- 

 dance of drawn comb they will never swarm. 

 I think Moses C^uinby told us this." This 

 shows how nearly right we were in our sup- 

 position and the use of the ten-frame hives. 



This is a matter of importance to the hon- 

 ey-producer who wishes to make large crops 

 of honey instead of swarms, and especially 

 if the bees are in out-ai)iaries. While it 

 may be argued that other races would be 

 better than Carniolans, we have two ajjiaries 

 of them, and rather like their good qualities. 

 They are large bees to begin with, although 

 those who do not like a black bee may ob- 

 ject to the color of the Carniolans. How- 

 ever, the person who studies their color and 

 particular markings more closely will find 



