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liay I set tlie new swarm carefully to one side. As I said before, my 

 liives face east. I now tip the hive south anrl put a stick 20 inches 

 long and one inch square between the bottom board and hive on 

 the north. Tip hive north and put another stick of same dimensions 

 under south edge of hive. I now have two entrances, the east one 

 J^g. the west one even one inch the whole width of the hive. I 

 uow open this hive and destroy all queen cells and shake the bees 

 m the grass a few feet east of the hive, replace frames, put on 

 <louble super and hive cover. I now shake the new swarm at the 

 west entrance, and the family, mother and all, are once more united. 

 The bees that came out with the swarm will all work from the 

 west entrance and take to the super at once. The two large entrances 

 afford plenty of ventilation. The big super gives plenty of room. 

 The swarming fever has abated, they having fulfilled the law of 

 Nature. The remaining bees have lost their cells and gladly wel- 

 come their mother back to her former domicile. 



GOOD KES-UIiTS. 



I produced 80 pounds of honey this year from my best queen 

 by this method. 60 pounds of this honey was Xo. 1 and sold to our 

 grocer at ,20c per lb., 15 lbs. Xo. 2 sold at 18c, the balance was cut 

 out and sold or used at home. 28 pounds was the least any colonies 

 made handled in the above manner. 



X'one of the colonies worked by this method swarmed or pre- 

 pared to swarm the second time. I am satisfied that the Caucasians 

 properly handled will give excellent results, as this was the poorest 

 honey year in this vicinity we have had fc^r the last decade. 



Cardington, Ohio. 



[I can imagine some of my subscribers, when they read the 

 above article, saying, ''Whew, a double depth super on a twelve 

 frame hive ! \\'hy 1 wouldn't have a thing like that in my yard if 

 you would give it to me." But wait a minute. 



A few years ago we thought that to get the best results from 

 our bees we must always put the empty super under the half-filled 

 one. In no case was the empty super to go on top. unless at the 

 end of the flow. Xow we find leading bee men putting the empty 

 super on top always, and find it a decided advantage. I could men- 

 tion many other things of a similar nature. 



Some time ago. when first becoming interested m bees. I was 

 driving through northern ]^Iichigan. and came across a bunch of 

 bees located near a logging camp. These bees Avere in chaff hives. 

 held ten frames, and the super covered the entire top of the hive, 

 both frames and the part packed with chaff. \\'e have been told 

 that bees would not fill those sections well that were not directly 

 above the brood nest, but this man evident) v found out thev would. 



