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short period, the largest yield of honey will be secured 

 by a 'very moderate increase of stocks. 



8th. A moderate increase of colonies in any one season, 

 will, in the long run, prove to be the easiest, safest, and 

 cheapest mode of managing bees. 



9th. Queenless colonies, unless supplied with a queen, 

 will inevitably dwindle away, or be destroyed by the 

 bee-moth, or by robber-bees. 



10th. The formation of new colonies should ordinarily 

 be confined to the season when bees are accumulating 

 honey ; -and if this, or any other operation must be per- 

 formed, when forage is scarce, the greatest precautions 

 should be used to prevent robbing. 



The essence of all profitable bee-keeping is contained in 

 Oettl's Golden Rule: K-TCTCP YOTJK STOCKS STRONG (p. 303). 

 !tf you cannot succeed in doing this, the more money you 

 invest in bees, the heavier will be your losses ; while, if 

 your stocks are strong, you will show that you are a bee- 

 master, as well as a bee-keeper, and may safely calculate 

 on generous returns from your industrious subjects. 



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