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I)uri)<)sc Italians arc })rcrciablc to the cohimiom black bees. 

 The latter are more restless, and easily angered when they are 

 disturbed. With a good bee smoker and a veil one need 

 have but little fear of stings, })rovided cjuiet, good-tempered 

 bees are kept. 



With one or two swarms to begin with, the natural increase 

 will build up the a})iary quickly. By working with a few at 

 the beginning, one gets the experience needed to success- 

 fully manage a large number of swarms with little difficulty. 



The cost of starting an apiary is comparatively small. 

 The following list of articles, with average price of each, 

 includes all things required : — 



Swarm of bees in hive eompleUs . . . $7 00 



Extra hive with foundation comb, including 



super for surplus honey. 

 Bee smoker, ...... 



Veil, 



Porter bee escape, for cle?iring supers of bees. 

 Freight, ....... 



Incidentals, ...... 



Total, $15 20 



This is the outfit re({uired for })roducing comb honey. If 

 extracted honey is desired, it would be necessary to add an 

 extractor, costing from $8 to $10, according to size and pat- 

 tern . 



Brood fVames, with full foundation comb, are recom- 

 mended. In case these are not used, the combs will be built 

 so irregularly that it will be found impossible to remove the 

 frames without seriously breaking the combs, to the detri- 

 ment of the brood and to the annoyance of the manipulator. 

 Where full foundation sheets are used, they are built out in 

 large, flat, regular combs, that allow of the removal of a 

 frame from the brood chamber without disturbing or break- 

 ing other sheets of comb. Another distinct advantage of 

 using full sheets of foundation is that more worker comb and 

 less drone comb is built. As the drone bees do not add to 

 the working capacity of a hive, it is advisable to prevent 

 their production as much as possible. This can only be done 



