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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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The Hive that J. W. Blakely Uses. 



tions to force thorn 

 to swarm, if possible. 

 This is very essen- 

 tial in this locality, 

 for if a colony di- 

 vides its force l:»y 

 swarming "the fat is 

 in the fire." 



As far as surplus 

 honey is concerned, 

 when they do swarm 

 I hive them in reg- 

 ular hives or impro- 

 vised boxes, and at 

 evening I set this 

 hive or box on top 

 of the parent hive, 

 entrance facing west. 

 I leave them this way 

 for four days. At 

 evening of the fourth 



sections and bait- 

 combs in the upper 

 row of sections in 

 this double super and 

 the bees begin at the 

 top first. I have 

 never yet found brood 

 or pollen in sections 

 when working this 

 method. I do not 

 use queen excluders 

 or separators, the 

 sections are so nar- 

 row and the hive be- 

 ing set perfectly level. 

 With nearly full 

 sheets of foundation 

 I have produced ex- 

 tra fine honey by 

 this method. 



SWA.RMING XKCOXTRAGES. 



I want my bees to 

 swarm : in fact I 

 bring about condi- 



J. W. Blakely's Double Depth Super 



