310 A Modern Bee-Farm 
The Treble Hive. 
This is worked very much in the same way, but of 
course allows of a more powerful combination. Indeed 
nearly all the methods advocated under general manage- 
ment, having reference to “Swarming without Increase” 
with both single and double stocks, can be more readily 
and profitably conducted under the one cover, and simply 
by just moving the ordinary entrance slides. 
Immediate Feeding Important. 
Stocks that are depleted of the majority of their adult 
bees should be fed while the weather may be unfavorable. 
For this purpose there is nothing so useful as a large frame 
of candy. . 
Let me repeat that the entrance of the depleted stock 
must be re-opened to Sin. by the third day after the 
operation, on the same side, or on the opposite side (of 
the same stock) the same day. 
Ventilation by Raising Stock from Floor. 
I have repeatedly advised many correspondents to raise 
the stock chambers of ordinary hives with blocks under the 
four corners. Many producers of honey raise thé front on 
deep blocks, thus exposing three sides; while others push 
the stock forward some inches beyond the floor edge during 
a heavy flow. 
Why Swarming is Checked. 
These old plans, much neglected by the younger genera- 
tion of bee-keepers, certainly check swarming, for the reason 
that the bees discontinue brood-rearing along the lower 
margins of the exposed combs ; while the extra ventilation 
is beneficial, and helps to avoid disease. 
