238 A Modern Bee-Farm 
built : the work must not begin until the two combs can 
be secured with hatching brood, and, moreover, the desired 
process of rapid work is always most satisfactory when 
only the three frames in all are used. 
Thin Syrup in Spring. 
Both the forcing lot, and the stock plumped are supplied 
with thin warm syrup, using one-fifth more water than for 
winter store. This is in addition to the permanent candy 
frame required by each lot, and which is the great 
“stand-by” providing against any possible cessation of 
the liquid food supply. 
Alternative Operations. 
One or other of the first selected brood combs may 
become overloaded with store. In‘ that case an occasional 
new comb of brood is left to mature, and as the remaining 
brood hatches from the clogged comb, the latter is placed 
behind the dummy, as a substantial reserve for the bees to 
appreciate, as they certainly will. 
As the forced or Plumping stocks develop towards 
Summer some of the syrup may be left off, and the dry 
feeder or candy will be the main stay, until bees are 
gathering natural stores. -By beginning first to “ Plump” 
the strongest, the weaker lots come in for “hatching” 
brood before they need be stimulated at all. 
Producing Worker Combs without Foundation. 
-A method of producing new and straight worker combs 
without foundation was mentioned in the earlier editions 
of this work, especially as regards utilising strong nuclei 
during the Summer for this purpose. 
As the Autumn approaches, it is desirable to use the 
brood when mostly capped, and finally for building nuclei 
into stocks brood that is hatching is to be preferred. 
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