HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



condition of the colony, and the local flora, 

 and, using his best judgment, give to each 

 colony individual treatment. 



As I look out over my own apiary, I find 

 that some colonies have but one super, others 

 have two, while a goodly number have as many 

 as three and four, varying according to the rapid- 

 ity with which each colony fills its sections. 



Sometimes the bees will sulk and refuse to 

 enter the supers, preferring to cluster on the 

 outside of the hive, and in some instances will 

 swarm with ample storage room, and when 

 such is the case the beekeeper must resort 

 to some method of compelling them to go 

 above and get to work. This can often be 

 accomplished by the use of bait sections, that 

 are partially completed, and can either be had 

 from some left over from the previous season, 

 or a few can be taken from the supers of 

 colonies that are working well, and three or 

 four of them scattered among the empty sec- 

 tions in the supers on the sulking colony. It 

 is astonishing how quickly this will set some 



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