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plan I propose, I lie 

 problem of catching 

 swarms will be solved, 

 and every beekeeper 

 can have that pleasure. 

 This plan is to be 

 especially recommend- 

 ed in localities where 

 there are large trees. 



Here is one more in- 

 novation just introduc- 

 ed at my place for hiv- 

 ing swarms; I made a 

 box of sutifteient size 

 wherein I placed my 

 swarm-eatcher suppli- 

 ed with bees. I closed 

 the lid, crammed the 

 end of a stocking into 

 the opening on top of 

 my Elita hive; then I 

 lifted it and gave it a 

 light rai?, when, be- 

 hold, my bees were at 

 the bottom of the box; 

 and seeing an opening 

 in front of them they 

 hastened to enter the 

 hive. As the front is 

 furnished with glass 

 above, I could see the 

 entire procession ; and 

 in case it did not have 

 room immediately, as 

 my box is supplied 

 with screened holes 

 near the bottom, I 

 gave a few puffs of 

 smoke, and, lo ! my 

 bees made a start. By 

 the aid of this plan, 

 not a bee flew away, and all passed o& as 

 quietly as could be desired. 



A few words in regard to my frames. My 

 manner of proceeding is very convenient, 

 for it permits of changing the frames at 



' Elita 



nu'^, and the second nine. 



will, putting them either above, below, or in 

 the middle. The photograph shows two of 

 m.y frames fitted with comb-stays and also 

 another one containing comb and bees. 

 Katarjino, Gov. of Cherson, Russia. 



CONTROLLING SWARMING AND MAKING INCREASE 



BY " THE OUTLAW. 



With the new season I found myself 

 imbued with the usual hopes and aspirations 

 of the amateur apiarist. The predominating 

 idea was that of making increase. I wanted 

 lo see my one colony grow into several. 

 Bee literature in the past contains its quot i 

 on the subject of making increase; but in 

 spite of all that has been written on the 

 subject I will wager a month's salary that 

 the major part of the increase for this 



season will be made by natural swarmmg. 

 From my observation I have come to thj 

 conclusion that, while the novice, the fii>t 

 few seasons, boasts tliat natural swarming is 

 a thing of the past, in his apiary at least, 

 he is apt to forget the fine-spun theory of 

 the non-swarming apiary, as the seasons 

 speed by. 



Here it may not be out of place to recall 

 what is probably or.e of the best records lii 



