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or evout ciu olV the daily supijly of aiiaitiucnts. I.iavc il llms I'di- a week 

 atious. Hill that is not all. .Many or ten days till the brood .nets a ie;ood 

 f the queen.; v rv liable to be disabled start towari's maturity. At this stage 

 ly being ])inclied between the (•ond)s. of the ^nnie there will lie no loss of 



Bee-keepi rs, as a rule, do not give biood by exposui-e. With the greatest 

 roper consideration to that fact. Tlie ease and satisfaction these little combs 

 lore prolific and largest of the (lueens of brood may be taken from the 

 ic the ones most apt to be hurt and • tronger colonies and given to the 

 hese are the most valuable. Should weaker ones. Or. during the middle 

 he queen escape the awkwardne.ss of of the day when the bees ai*e working 

 he operator and only be badly fright- well, the work may be done with the 

 ned, that may result in her being dis- greatest dispatch by exchanging su- 

 ualified for practical work. It is pers. The smoker should be used a 



well-known fact that in the spring little on the bees in the super after 

 f the year bees often ball their old it is lifted oft', but those in the brood 

 lother queen, upon a slight disturb- chamber should not be disturbed in 

 nee of. the combs, and sting her to either case. The honey-board should 

 eath. I'emain intact. 



Now, let me here submit a plan When it is time to put on sections, 

 Thereby one can get around nearly remove the supers of shallow combs 

 11 of that fussing with bees and get and also the honey-boards and put the 

 ome honey too: Beginning with the section cases in their places. Sort 

 rood chamber, it should be of a ca- over the shallow combs as they are 

 acity not less than a 10-frame Lang- taken from the hive and those contain- 

 troth hive. This will cut out" nearly ing brood should be put into a super 

 11 of that stimulative business, for by themselves with adhering bees, 

 tie bees will store away enough honey putting two supers together, thus 

 1 such a brood chamber to carry them forming new colonies, 

 afely through to the time of the Watch closely now for young queens 

 arly harvest. that may have been reared above the 



Whenever it is found necessary to excluder. Use them in your new col- 

 eed a colony to prevent starvation, onies and don't by any means allow 

 ive it a sufliciency at once and be them to get l^elow into the brood cham- 

 one with it. Breeding will go on ber, for they will play havoc with the 

 lore safely and smoothly than it will old mother queen if they do. Extract 

 y the piece-meal system of feeding, the honey from the combs that contain 

 Provide a super of six-inch combs no brood and set them away for the 

 3r every hive. As soon as the bees use of swarms. 



eed more room place these on the At swarming time form a brood 

 ive. Cover well with a piece of en- chamber out of an empty comb-honey 

 mel cloth, something that sells for super and one case of those shallow 

 bout 35 cents a yard. Let this ex- eombs. putting the empty supers on the 

 nd out over the edges of super about bottom board. Leave it thus for sev- 

 n inch or a little more. Now put on en or eight days to prevent the 

 flat super cover, andT lastly, a deep svi-arms from absconding; then remove 

 lescope cover that will come well the empty case beneath. If you wish, 

 own over the sides of sttper. That put on an excluder and replace the 

 ill make it snug and warm and the surplus cases. The queen excluder is 

 ees Avill soon take possession. No not absolutely necessary though it 

 atter then if the combs in the brood tends to keep pollen out of the sec- 

 hambers are flushed with honey. Tbe tions when the brood chamber is re- 

 ees will carry some of it above and duced in size. The surplus honey be- 

 us make room for the queen. ing removed at the close of thfe harvest. 



This is a kind of stimulation that the swarm is allowed to occupy the 

 rorks like a charm. The queen soon shalloAv hive till the opening of the 

 )llows the honey upstairs and you fall bloom. At that juncture the 

 lus get a rousing big colony in the old queens are removed, the swarms 

 lost practical manner. returned to the parent hives by plac- 



When the combs in the super are ing the shallow cases on top of them 

 lirly well stocked with brood, drive as a t the beginning. This insures 

 le queen below and slip a queen-ex- good work on the fall bloom, at the 

 uding honey board between the two close of which the honey in the supers 



