HOW TO MAKE INCREASE 



ered by the increase the season the division 

 took place, yet the increased value of the 

 apiary was many times what the surplus from 

 the original ten colonies would have amounted 

 to had they not been divided. 



Let us suppose that you have a good strong 

 ten-frame colony of bees, strong in bees and 

 brood, and you wish to increase it to five 

 colonies by division so that the apiary at the 

 close of the season will be five times its origi- 

 nal size. 



About the last of April, if the colony is 

 strong, and the weather permits, and honey 

 is coming in rapidly, have on hand five extra 

 hives all complete with full sheets of founda- 

 tion wired in the frames, and above all four 

 extra queens in their mailing cages that have 

 been secured in advance from some breeder. 

 You are now ready for the division. 



Toward evening after all the bees are 

 in, open the strong colony, and when you 

 have found the frame with the queen, lift 

 it gently from its hive and place it in one of 



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