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Yet another way is to allow do 

 queen to hatch in the old hive, and 

 allow it to remain until all brood 

 hatches, which will be in about three 

 weeks, and having placed a queen-ex- 

 cluding honey-board between the two 

 hives, which will allow the bees to 

 unite, we extract all honey from the 

 combs, leaving them for future use. 

 1 would only recommend this latter 

 plan where empty combs or full sheets 

 of foundation are used to hive the 

 swarm on, as there is often too much 

 drone-comb built to be allowed to re- 

 main in the hive where starters only 

 are used and the bees allowed to 

 build their own combs. 



The above plan will give fine re- 

 sults if carried out carefully, and I 

 have endeavored to make it so plain 

 that none need to meet with a failure, 

 it would seem to me, and any intelli- 

 gent person will at once see that it is 

 capable of so many modifications as 

 to be available in almost any emer- 

 gency that may arise during the 

 swarming season , and only requiring 

 the outlay for a few extra hive-bodies 

 and extra frames for the same, while 

 a few extra combs are always good 

 property for a bee-keeper to have on 

 hand. 



I hope that some of the clan who 

 have tried other methods only to be 

 disappointed, will give this a trial, 

 and 1 fear not but what they will be 

 pleased with it, as it keeps the work- 

 ing force of bees just where we want 

 them, and does away with after-swarms 

 entirely, while we retain the energy 

 and vim usually shown by a new 

 swarm.— T. L.D.in Am. B. J.(N. 17) 



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EDITORIAL, 



We are in receipt of a circular let- 

 ter from Secretary Frank Benton , 

 addressed to the bee-keepers of North 

 America giving a brief synopsis of 

 the origin and growth of the North 

 American Bee-keepers' Association. 

 The association never was in a more 

 flourishing condition, its membership 

 now numbering more than at any 

 time in its past history. Some of its 

 objects are to develop the bee-keep- 

 ing industry, join together its scat- 

 tered forces, advocate and aid legis- 

 lation favorable to the interests of 

 apiculture, checking the sale of adul- 

 terated apiarian products etc. Every 

 bee-keeper should become a member 

 of the association, the annual fees are 

 but $1, and any bee-keeper can be- 

 come a member by sending one years 

 dues to the treasurer, Geo. W. York , 

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