HOW TO MAKE INCREASE 



Now, in regard to the criticism on this way 

 of making our increase, which has been pub- 

 lished in " Gleanings." I find that nearly all 

 who have made a failure of the method have 

 taken colonies that had already made some 

 preparations for swarming by having eggs or 

 larvae in their queen cells, as did J. D. Ronan, 

 of Chesterville, Mississippi, and also Don 

 Mills, of Highland, Michigan. 



During the summer I received a few letters 

 from persons who had made a failure of this 

 method in much the same way. Some had 

 taken colonies that had capped queen cells 

 in their hives at the time they put the queen 

 in the under hive, and, of course, they swarmed 

 in a day or two. I cannot see that these 

 failures are any proof of fault in the method. 

 When we work with our bees we must always 

 use some discretion in such matters. If a 

 colony is very strong in bees, it certainly re- 

 quires different management from that given 

 to one rather weak. 



The above plan is a most excellent one; 

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