408 A Modern Bee-Farm 
before taking the bees to the moors, using all the bees of 
the two in one stock chamber, except for a few left at home 
on the combs containing least brood, with the spare queen. 
By following this plan, the owner will have to pack and 
carry only half the number of stocks, while his yield of 
honey will in all probability be doubled or trebled. 
Doubled Swarms on Starters. 
Another plan is that of uniting all the available bees 
from any two adjoining hives, placing them on starters in 
the frames, and then doubling the swarmed combs, and 
remaining bees, with the spare queen, to be left at home. 
The latter may be helped to build up to useful stocks in 
the meantime, and so compensate for the loss of the adult 
bees used up at the heather, and which in any case would 
not have lived through the Winter. The remnants may 
be united upon their return. 
Such swarms should be prepared the first week in 
August ; the hive being well ventilated while travelling. 
All supers may be taken to their destination free from bees 
and arranged in position on arrival. 
There is of course a risk of starvation * with these 
combless swarms when first set up, and if the weather does 
not become favorable they should be supplied with candy, 
which is the most convenient and reliable food for this 
season. 
Driven Bees for the Heather. 
Where these can be procured in time they may also be 
started on guides, placing two or three lots together, and 
supering three days after hiving them, with a supply of 
candy, or a little syrup; otherwise they may abscond. 
* A similar mishap may occur five years out of six where a single 
colony is reduced to a shallow stock chamber for heather work, 
