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his locality and the time of their bloom. When this is available, 

 he can tell just when to give added brood room and can gauge 

 the building up of his colonies to have the peak of this expansion 

 coincident with the first honey flows. The added surplus room 

 must follow then, else all previous efforts are lost. The method 

 of giving this additional surplus room, especially in comb honey 

 production, bears vitally on the success of swarm prevention 



Getting the Maximum Crop. 



Given "strong colonies of strong bees," as Dr. Miller says 

 and after giving the bees ample brood room ard the first storage 

 room, a crop failure still looms ahead for the beginner, if he does 

 not gauge the speed of the incoming honey. Too much surplus 

 room will result in unfinished sections; too little, in swarming 

 and a loss of part of the crop which might have been secured. 

 Xo beekeeper can succeed in honey production or in swarm 



V'lg. 4. A modern Texas apiary developed from two box hives. 



