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secure a j^reater amount of surplus 

 honey; but some of his colonies maj' 

 need more feedings in the fall. That's 

 nothing', however, if we get enough 

 more honey to pay for the feeding-, as 

 sug-jir S3'rup is much better for winter. 

 By shaking- off part of the bees at the 

 old stand, and then carr3'ing- the old 

 colony to a new stand, when following- 

 up Mr. Sibbald's method, we can 

 make a g'-reat success of his system, 

 because, it will be remembered, that 

 he places the super full of bees on his 

 prepared hive on the old stand, and 

 that these supers are half full oi yoiiiig 

 bees at the time, and these will take 



the place of the old ones that wear out 

 before young- ones are reared. 



We also know that when the old col- 

 ony is carried to a new stand, the field 

 bees will return to the old stand, leav- 

 ing- the young bees and old queen on the 

 new stand to build np into a fine 

 colony. Where no increase is wanted, 

 we can, after three days, bring- the old 

 colony back close to its former stand, 

 and, with Mr. Heddon's "jumping- 

 plans," reinforce the bees on the old 

 stand, and, a little later, unite the 

 same as Mr. Sibbald does. 



WOODBURN, Ont., April 24. 1905. 



limdflimM Q^eeim CeHls "WStlhiomt ^Sne 



BY F. H. GYRENIUS. 



n^ DVANCED methods of comb honey 

 -f^ production require an examina- 

 tion for queen cells once in se\en or 

 eight days during- the honey flow, or 

 swarming- season, or else the practice 

 of natural swarming-. 



To remove the supers and take out 

 the combs of a hive crowded with bees 

 (as thej' alwaj's are at this tinie) is a 

 tedious job compared with simply tip- 

 ping- the hive back, if the supers were 

 only secured so they would not slide 

 off. 



It is an indisputable fact that bees 

 will store more honey over a hive full 

 of brood, so long- as they do not attemvit 

 to swarm, than by any other plan or 

 condition. This being- the case, why 

 disturb or change them so long as the^' 

 do not make preparations to swarm ? 



The proper time to do the shook- 

 swarming act is after queen cells are 

 started; and I believe no plan is supe- 

 rior to that described in the March K'e- 

 view bj' Mr. Sibbald. 



As ventilation very mnch retards 

 swarming, I should recommend the 

 Pettit tapered pieces under the hives at 

 the approach of hot weather. 



When the swarming time comes, it 

 would be an easy matter to tip up a 

 brood-nest and look for queen cells 

 were it not for the supers sliding off, 

 and to prevent that I have devised a 

 simple clamp for securely holding the 

 supers in place so that the hive may be 

 tipped back and the condition of the 

 brood nest seen at a glance. 



The clamp is made of straight-grain, 

 hardwood, \% inches square, tapered 

 at one end, with a block nailed on each 

 of the four sides, which g-ives the 

 proper fulcrum with eight bearings so 

 it can be adjusted to take up all the 

 slack cord. 



On the tapered end is attached a 

 cord with a hook to grapple in the back 

 hand-hole of hive, after which the 

 lever is turned to take up all the slack 

 cord. 



