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make them desirable, but uiaiiy other bee-keepers have often 

 asserted that they cannot get along without them. However, 

 such an authority as Dr. C. C. Miller says: "The queen so 

 seldom goes into a super that not one section in a hundred, 

 some times not more than one in a thousand, will be found 

 troubled with brood." Other writers are equally emphatic in 

 favor of the excluder. So each bee-keeper will have to decide 

 this point for himself. 



According to Doctor Miller, the queen rarely goes into the 

 supers except to seek drone cells in which to lay, when she 

 becomes tired of worker cells. At such times, the bees seem 

 to understand her wishes so well that they leave drone cells 

 unoccupied in order to give her an opportunity to lay in them. 

 If at such times she finds drone comb in the sections she will 

 be likely to fill it with eggs. Otherwise her laying in sections 

 will be very rare. 



733. 4th. Swarming with comb-honey production. As 

 the directions given by us elsewhere (461) do not altogether 

 prevent swarming, when comb-honey is raised, and as the 

 swarming of a colony usually ends its surplus production for 

 the seasouj it has been found advisable to give the surplus 

 cases to the swarm, instead of leaving them on the old hive. 

 (468 his.) To further strengthen the swarm, which is thus 

 depended upon for surplus, it is placed on the stand of the 

 old hive, and the latter is removed to a new location. This is 

 a very practical method. It is due to Messrs. Heddon and 

 Hutchinson-— at least they have popularized it. But the pru- 

 dent Apiarist, who follows this course, will keep a vigilant 

 eye on the old colony, thus deprived of all its working force, 

 and will help it, if needed. 



734. 5th. Preventing the bees from propolizing. 



* ' Propolis on sections is a nuisance, be the same little or 

 much, and a plan which will allow of the filling of the section 

 with nice comb honey without changing the clean appearance 

 which they present when placed upon the hive, will be her- 

 alded with delight by all, and give great honor to him who 



