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midst of, the crop they are to gather from, and in the 
case of heather large quantities of honey can be, and 
often are, secured ; but in very many instances the stock 
combs are totally blocked up with this valuable honey 
which the apiarist desires to get stored in the sections. 
Heather honey being so thick, it is quite impossible to 
extract it unless removed as fast as gathered, and this is 
not desirable. It is usual for bees to crowd the stock 
combs late in the season, as many find to their cost; but 
why is it so? It is not that the nights are cooler, as 
frequently the temperature at night is much higher in 
August than during May, when bees work well in the 
supers. It is not solely that the bees are aware the 
season is drawing to a close; but if we would go to’ 
the very starting point of the trouble, we shall find that 
The whole question centres upon the Queen, 
as every bee-keeper may prove for himself, and as he will 
admit as he follows my statements. 
Now, what is the condition of the colony which goes 
first into the supers in early Summer? Have I not already 
shown that the hive must be full of bees, and have every 
stock comb ¢:terally crammed with brood, when the honey 
must go into the sections? Well, why not do likewise for 
your heather crop? Imagine that you have another year, a 
new season coming in, instead of a late season in the same 
year; and then you will have your honey where you want it. 
But, you say the bees will ot breed to any extent late 
in the year. True, the same queen that you have used 
all the Summer will be of no use to you in this emergency, 
and just here is the point. You are, then, to 
Use a Young Queen,* 
and the best way to have one in readiness for every hive 
* See also Simmins’ Non-Swarming Pamphlet (Feb. 1886). 
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