AN EASy METHOD OF 



swarming colonies : for one Queen will prob- 

 ably lay as many eggs as another. 



The swarming hives are no more liable to 

 be destroyed by the moth during the swarm- 

 ing season, than others, if the hives are kept 

 well replenished with bees according to Rule 

 10. 



RULE XL 



ON FEEDING BEES. 



If it is found that a swarm need feeding, 

 hitch on the feeder, w^ell stored with good 

 honey, while the weather is warm in October. 



The apiarian should use the same precau- 

 tion in feeding, as directed in Rule 4, to pre- 

 vent robberies. 



REMARKS. 



The best time to feed is in the fall, before 

 cold weather commences. All hives should 

 be weighed, and the weight marked on the 

 hive before bees are hived in them. Then, 

 by weighing a stock as soon as frost has killed 

 the blossoms in the fall, the apiarian will be 

 able to form, a just estimate of their nece^si- 



