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Hives, or as fast as they swarm put them in Con- 

 trollable Hives. In this way you will soon have 

 your bees in shape to pay you a good profit. 



When you begin keeping bees, study closely their 

 natural habits and requirements. Give them such 

 care and attention as your judgment and present 

 knowledge teach they require. Persevere, and ulti- 

 mate success is certain. 



Every one who attains success with bees, will 

 find that there is something more to be done, than 

 simply to stand with folded hands, with the expect- 

 ation that a fortune must inevitably follow. Know 

 the precise condition of your bees at all times — 

 whether they are weak or strong, whether they are 

 without a queen, or whether the queen has become 

 so old as to. have passed her usefulness. After a 

 period of years queens become barren, and unless 

 they are removed, and a young queen substituted, 

 the bees will rapidly decline in numbers, and all 

 disappear from the hive in a few weeks or months. 



It cannot be too strongly urged upon the begin- 

 ner, this great necessity of securing strong, healthy 

 stocks to begin with ; and it possible, get them in 

 the Controllable Hives. All who do not fully 

 understand the management and nature of bees, 

 would save themselves much trouble and perplexity, 

 by procuring, to begin with, one or more healthy 

 colonies in the Controllable Hive. Your chances 

 of success in the end, and your profits of the first 

 season, are greater from one swarm in. this hive, 

 than from six in second-class hives. If you pur- 

 chase bees in inferior hives, vou will need to ex- 



