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If frames containing full sheets of foundation are put in early 

 in the second story, they are usually built down to the bottom bar. 

 If put in later in the season if the weather turns hot the combs are 

 likely to buckle or lop over near the bottom. I leave these new 

 combs in the hive without extracting them the first season so as to 

 be sure of plenty of stores for winter. The next year they are 

 tougher and easier to extract from than when filled the first time. 



If plenty of room is given promptly where needed there is not 

 much danger of swarming. They are apt to swarm when the queen 

 is superseded even if there is plenty of room. The strongest 

 swarms usually fill their storage room by the last of the month and 

 are ready to extract in order to make room for more. 



Management of Three Thousand Colonies Bees in 



Fifty Yards 



J. J. WILDER, Cordele, Georgia 



When a beekeeper has fully made up his mind to establish as 

 soon as possible a large bee business, he should pursue a different 

 course from that of one who just desires to establish a business 

 just large enough to look after himself and derive his livelihood 

 therefrom. Such a one should never think of putting in even a 

 small plant for the manufacturing of the small amount of supplies 

 he would need. He had better buy them along as he needed them, 

 but if he so desired and he could obtain suitable lumber he might 

 make the bottoms and covers for his hives as it does not require 

 much mechanical skill to do so and but very few tools ; this would 

 be enough for him to do towards hive-making. But on the other 

 hand, if a large business is in view he should install an outfit at 

 the most convenient point which should be as near central as pos- 

 sible in the proposed territory, large enough to get out the needed 

 supplies for the proposed business, and suitable lumber obtained 

 for the purpose for each season's needs in advance, so as to have 

 it properly worked up and set up in ample time. As all our great 

 lumber plants are equipped with a machine they call a surfacer, 

 which sizes the boards to any desired thickness, dressing well both 

 sides, it is best to let them do this, and save you putting in heavy 

 machinery for the purpose, and for this they charge but $1.50 

 or $2.00 per 1,000 feet, which also greatly reduces the weight of 

 the rough boards of no uniform thickness and thereby saves freight. 

 After this has been done it only requires a very light outfit in the 

 way of an engine and machinery, which should be a small gasoline 



