HOW TO MAKE INCREASE 



before cold weather. Personally I have made 

 divisions as late as August 1, but this neces- 

 sitated constant feeding and great care, and 

 the addition to the nucleus of an occasional 

 frame of sealed brood from some strong colony. 

 Late increase, however, is only successful in 

 the hands of an expert; the course of wisdom 

 for the beginner is to make the increase early, 

 and as the season progresses, if there are other 

 strong colonies in the apiary that have not 

 been divided, it is an excellent thing to en- 

 courage the struggling nuclei by giving them 

 a frame of sealed brood every once in a while 

 from one of the strong colonies. Be sure that 

 you do not give them the queen from the strong 

 hive, or you will make your strong hive queen- 

 less and possibly sacrifice a good queen, as the 

 little swarm will be sure to kill any additional 

 queen that may be accidentally given them. 



The empty space in the strong colony from 

 which the frame of sealed brood is taken can 

 be filled by a frame of foundation taken from 

 the little swarm, after all adhering bees have 



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