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top of the swarm. By this manipula- 

 tion the parent colony is weakened so 

 much that the bees will destroy all 

 queen cells. This generally takes 

 place in less than 6 days, when both 

 colonies can be reunited. The queens 

 cells on this one frame of brood in the 

 swarm are destroyed, the brood comb 

 set back in its place in the parent 

 colony, the new hive removed and the 

 parent colony set back on the old 

 stand. 



2. A brushed swarm is made on the 

 old stand with the old queen, and the 

 parent colony with queen cells is set to 

 one side or on top of llvis swarm. Just 

 as with the shook swarm system. As 

 soon as a younj^ queen is hatched, and 

 has destroyed the other cells, we can 

 reunite. If the old queen is to be kept, 

 we do not need to hunt for the j'oung- 

 queen in the parent colony. At even- 

 inif, before <he bees cease to lly, we 

 exchanife the places of the two colonies 

 for about an hour, so that many field 

 bees from the sv^-arm will enter the 

 parent colony; then the hives chans,'-e 

 places ag-ain. These field bees are 

 used to an old queen, and will, during 

 the night, kill the young queen. The 

 next morning the hive can be re- 

 arranged and the colonies united. The 

 best way would be to wait till the 

 young queen is fertilized, then the old 

 queen can be removed and both colon- 

 ies united. 



In this way no new brood nest is 

 built, and the colony is divided during 

 a few days only, the swarming im- 

 pulse is removed, as the bees them- 

 selves have destroyed the queen-cells; 

 but in some localities such colonies 

 may make preparations for swarming 

 again soon after this manipulation. 



"since some years I produce mostly 

 bulk comb honey, which finds a good 

 market here, and pays better than 

 section honey. I prevent swarming in 

 the same way as described for ex- 

 tracted honey. When the supers are 

 given they contain 3 or 4 drawn combs, 

 the balance full sheets of foundation 

 for comb-honey. The supers are ac- 

 cepted by the bees nearly as well as 

 if they were full of drawn combs. 

 I can't see any reason why this 

 plan, with a proper arrangement, 

 could not be used for section honey. 

 Of course, a part of the honey could be 

 in the extracted form. For bulk comb 

 honey we need this to fill up the cans, 

 but, if, in place of the frames with 

 foundation, some sections were given, 

 this extracted honey must be sold 



separately at a lower price. Experi- 

 ence would teach whether this plan 

 would pa3' or not. When the storing 

 of honey is well under waj' in the 

 supers, I generally set a super under 

 those already on the hive and many 

 times in this case I use no drawn 

 combs at all, but frames with founda- 

 tion onl}'. 



Lately, this plan of producing sec- 

 tion honey and extracted honey from 

 one and the same colony is recom- 

 mended in the bee journals as some- 

 thing new. 



Another wa}^ to manage for comb 

 honey in sections, which will work in 

 some localities, is to use a large but 

 divisible brood chamber; and to prevent 

 swarming as with extracted honey. 

 When the honey-fiow commences, a 

 super with sections is set between the 

 two stories of the brood-chamber. 

 The queen and the most of the brood 

 should be in the lower storj'. If neces- 

 sary, a queen-excluder can be used be- 

 tween this lower brood-nest and the 

 supers. The upper brood-story is kept 

 on the hive till the brood is hatched 

 and the combs are filled with hone.y, 

 then these combs can be extracted or 

 used for winter food in the same or 

 another hive. 



I have three boys man-grown, and, 

 for that reason, I wish to sell my farm 

 and go into Northern Michigan wiiere 

 wild land is cheap, that we may all 

 secure farms near together. The farm 

 that I wish to sell is located eight miles 

 east of Vassar, Tuscola Count3\ Mich- 

 igan. It consists of 40 acres, .30 of 

 which are cleared. It is well-fenced 

 and well-drained. There is a small 

 orchard, stables for the horses and 

 cows, and a small story and a half 

 house. The soil is a dark sandy loam, 

 and can't be beaten for raising potatoes, 

 corn, hay, buckwheat,, etc. There is 

 rural mail delivery, school '4 of a mile 

 distant, and railroad station only two 

 miles away. The location is a good 

 one for honey. From twenty colonies, 

 last year, I secured 120 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey per colony. I offer this 

 farm for only $600; two thirds down, 

 and bal. on long time if desired. For 

 further particulars address, 



ELMER HUTCHINSON, 



Vassar, Mich. 

 Reference, Editor of Keview. 



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