396 A Modern Bee-Farm 
supers are not put on (with drawn combs) until the third day 
after making the swarm. 
In tropical localities where the bees may crowd out the 
queen and refuse to store above the stock in consequence I 
can conceivé of no better way than that of keeping them 
working on starters. This ensures profit.in wax, a constant 
succession of brood, and larger honey yields. 
All the above has reference to the profitable production 
of wax, and I shall be excused for bringing these particulars 
of management in here, more particularly as the whole 
question has received but little attention from bee-keepers 
generally. 
When Foundation may be used to advantage. 
Now I do not consider that foundation is always used in 
the stock chamber at a loss; in fact it can be adopted at 
considerable profit when extension of stock is the object. 
A bee-keeper may wish to largely increase his stock of 
both bees and combs, and then considerable time will be 
gained by taking advantage of foundation ; though it should 
be borne in mind that increase is obtained at the expense 
of honey, unless the stocks are very early. 
When the honey season arrives we have to be prepared 
with plenty of storage room, and therefore nothing less 
than full sheets of foundation can be tolerated in our 
sections, while if already drawn out in preparation for the 
harvest, the results will be far better. If suitable founda- 
tion with. a thin base is used there will be no difference to 
be distinguished between such combs and those built from 
starters only, while the appearance of the surface when 
capped will be much better than of those so often finished 
off with drone cells. 
While the profitable production of wax will be carried 
out by those who have completed their stock, much will 
