HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



been shaken in front of the hive to which 

 they belong. 



The reason we give the little colony sealed 

 brood is because such sealed brood does not 

 require attention and feeding by the bees, for 

 if we gave the weak nucleus unsealed brood, 

 there might not be sufficient bees present to 

 properly care for it, with a consequent loss 

 of brood and bees. When the brood is once 

 sealed over, all that it requires is the proper 

 temperature of about ninety-eight degrees to 

 insure its hatching, and when these frames 

 hatch in the little colony, it is astonishing 

 what a multitude of bees will result to the 

 colony to which the frames were given. 



The above methods are the very best, and 

 have proved their worth over and over, but, 

 as has been said, the Alexander plan is the 

 best for the novice. As experience is gained, 

 rapid increase can be resorted to; but in any 

 case keep your eyes on the increase, and give 

 them all the encouragement possible in the 

 matter of slight stimulative feeding, and an 



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