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ble in each word, and the scholars them- 

 selves do not always agree on the sylla- 

 ble on which the accent ought to be 

 placed. Then imagine the difficulty of 

 a foreigner ! A great many store-keep- 

 ers were amazed to see me explain in 

 writing what I wanted, when they had 

 been unable to understand my language. 

 As I had already tried bee-keeping for 

 pleasure in France, I began here with 

 two colonies. What 1 knew of bees had 

 satisfied me that a well-managed apiary 

 would give enough profit to support a 

 family, and the result -proved that I was 



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Soon after, I began to rear Italian 

 queens. Being able to understand the 

 Italian language, and having been 

 elected an honorary member of the Ital- 

 ian society of bee-keepers, it was an 

 easy matter for me to try the importa- 

 tion of bees. But the conditions indis- 

 pensable to success were not yet known, 

 so I lost some money in the undertaking. 

 Then I went to Italy ; but the trip was 

 a failure. I had about resolved to quit 

 the business of importing queens, when 

 I began experimenting with Fiorini, and 

 soon after all the queens arrived alive. 



But the care of 400 colonies, with the 

 comb foundation business, was then be- 

 ginning to give us— my son and myself— 

 as much work as we were able to do, so 

 we resolved to quit the importing busi- 



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We have since revised the book of our 

 friend Langstroth, and published a 

 French edition, which has had the honor 

 of being translated into the Russian 

 language. 



I am now 76 years old, and I have 

 enjoyed, so far, good health, thanks to 

 the care of my wife and of our children 

 and grandchildren living with us, en 

 famine. Chas. Dadant. 



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SEVENTH LESSON — NATURAL SWARSHNG. 



Oh, yes! I had almost forgotten to 

 tell you about natural swarming. 



Well, if you wish the best results in 

 honey, you had better keep down after- 

 swarming, and to prevent it, keep all 

 the queen-cells out of the hive but one, 

 and you must be doubly sure you have 

 them all out, too, or they will slip out a 

 second swarm before you know it. bo 

 be sure to look into every nook and cor- 

 ner, as there might be a little, short, 

 stubby cell that you will overlook if you 

 do not watch out. 



The reason we wish to prevent after- 

 swarms is, they are divided too much to 

 build up in time to catch the honey-flow, 

 and all are lost as to profit the first year. 

 Still, some of our second swarms are 

 just as good as any. I am now speak- 

 ing in a general way, that it is best to 

 not have them when they are running 

 for honey. Of course, if we are running 

 our bees for increase, it is just as good a 

 way to get it as any way, if we have the 

 time to spare to look after them, if not, 

 we had better practice dividing colonies. 

 Now, to tell when your bees are going 

 to swarm, look into the hive, and keep 

 watch of them, and when they begin to 

 build queen-cells, and you see eggs or 

 larvto in them, then look out any nice 

 day, and if they do not come out until 

 the queen-cells are capped, then you 

 may get ready to hive them, as they 

 will be out in a short while, if the 

 weather is fine, and if not, they will 

 swarm the first chance; or, if bad 

 weather continues too long for them, 

 they will tear down all the cells and be- 

 gin anew; this will be only in rare 

 cases, but is sometimes done, and, too, 

 there some times comes a dearth in 

 honey before the swarm issues, and that 

 will occasionally cause them to tear 



