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hive, having very Uttle brood to feed, can for the next fourteen 

 days devote themselves almost entirely to honey collecting. On 

 the following day all queen cells (9) except the two best should 

 be removed from the combs of the parent hive, if possible 

 leaving two good cells of different ages, one capped, the other 

 uncapped. 



If the bee-keeper does not wish to increase the number of stocks 

 . . . . in the apiary, or has not a spare hive, the 



treatment^of St ^ k following modification of the procedure 

 o„j c™o^™ +„ ^^Za just desci-ibed (95) should be adopted. It 

 and Swarm to avoid ■' -ii i. j xt j. j-u x i j. i 



increase of Stock "^ assumed that there are at least two 



or three bar-frame stocks in the apiary. 

 Secure the swarm as already described (93). Then transfer all 

 the frames in the parent hive into a suitable box in which they 

 can be suspended and covered, keeping them in the order in 

 which they hung in the old hive, and leaving a small aperture 

 to serve as a door ; this box should be placed close to the old 

 hive so that flying bees may enter it. Then clean out the hive 

 from which the frames have been removed, prepare it to receive 

 the swarm and frames (75), and replace it on its stand. Now 

 return to the old hive the front and back frames, replacing them 

 in their original positions ; then select the four frames having 

 most capped brood and replace them in the parent hive, destroy 

 all queen cells on frames thus returned, and also place one 

 frame of foundation in the centre of the brood frames : the 

 frames in the parent hive will accordingly be hung in the fol- 

 lowing order, viz. : — 



(1.) Front or pollen frame. 

 (2 & 3.) Two frames of capped brood. 



(4.) One frame of foundation. 

 (5 & 6.) Two frames of capped brood. 



(7.) One frame of honey (back frame): 



Next insert the dummy, press all frames forward into posi- 

 tion, fit a board behind the dummy and place super crates, as 

 explained in paragraph 95 ; then brush all adhering bees off the 

 frames remaining in the box, remove all queen cells from them, 

 and distribute those which contain eggs or brood amongst the 

 other hives in the apiary, if necessary withdrawing from such 

 hives fra/mes which contain honey or pollen only, so as to make 

 room. The frames without brood should then be stored away 

 for later use, placing them hanging as in a hive, in a dry place 

 to which wasps and bees have not access. 



If for any reason the procedure recommended in paragraph 96 

 cannot be adopted, and yet that it is desired 

 97. Beturning Swarm not to increase the number of stocks, the 

 to Parent Stock, swarm should be hived in a box or skep 

 and kept alongside the hive until the third 

 day after it issued, on the evening of which day it should be 

 returned to the parent stock by casting it in (80). This pro- 

 cedure lessens the tendency of the stock to swarm again, as 



