112 INCREASE 
The first had no brood, but the field bees would shortly return to 
make a broodless colony. No. 2 had no queen but would get the 
field foree of No. 3, which had been moved to a new location 
and would require some time to recuperate. Seven colonies still 
remained which had not been touched. Each of these was exam- 
ined, and wherever possible to spare a frame of brood it was 
taken away and given to No. 1, which had no brood. To begin 
with, he found only four frames, but this was given to the colony 
which had been robbed of its brood, being set on the top in a new 
hive body. 
At the end of nine days a second visit was made. This time 
No, 2, which had brood but no queen, was divided into two parts, 
as by this time queen cells were present. The two nuclei were 
set in new locations and the brood and bees again taken from 
No. 1 and placed where No. 2 had been. The other seven colon- 
les were again visited and such brood as they could spare was 
taken from them and given to No. 1. This plan was continued 
through the season, alwavs leaving the queen at No. 1, so that 
the queen cells built on the combs in No. 2 were the offspring of 
the best queen. No. 2 did not at any time have any queen but 
was constantly building new cells and the other seven colonies 
were constantly (every nine days) drawn on for brood to replen- 
ish No. 1. In this way the colonies were at no time greatly 
weakened, excepting the nuclei made from No. 2. This is a very 
good plan of making rapid increase and at the same time a safe 
one, for if conditions suddenly become unfavorable the operator 
will not find himself with a large number of very weak colonies 
on hand, which must be united or fed. 
INTRODUCING QUEENS 
In making increase artificially by anv plan an extra queen 
will be required to supply each new hive. If capped queen 
cells are given, the bees are likely to realize their queenless con- 
dition before the voung queen emerges, so that she should be 
accepted without ditticulty. This is a very common plan of pro- 
