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ments, it is not one to be generally recommended under all con- 
ditions. 
Dr. Miller practises a de-queening treatment along different 
lines. He removes the queen and places her in a cage where she 
is cared for by her own bees, or she is introduced in a nucleus 
where she continues to be busy. Of course all cells are destroyed 
or removed at the time the queen is taken away. At the end of 
ten days the cells are again removed and the old queen returned 
to them or another given in her stead. This is the same treatment 
in effect excepting that he retains his queens as long as they 
give satisfactory results, whether for one year or three or more. 
With the exercise of the utmost care there will be plenty of 
swarms some seasons while other years the matter can be con- 
trolled without great difficulty. The swarming tendency can, 
however, be so far checked as to vreatly increase the returns from 
the apiary. 
Space Under the Brood Nest.—An empty space under the 
brood frames seems to serve to some extent the purpose of swarm 
prevention. A deep bottom is better than a shallow one. In 
Europe the Simmins plan of placing the comb honev supers with 
empty sections under the hive, to begin with, seems to be prac- 
tised to some extent, although the author does not know of its 
use in this country. According to this plan empty supers are 
kept in place under the hive all through the honey flow. The 
bees prefer to store their honey above the brood nest and will do 
so if possible. When they are getting too crowded above they 
will begin to Imild combs in these comb honey supers below in 
preparation to working down. It is now time to remove them 
and place them on top of the hive and put another empty one 
in place underneath. This empty space below serves as addi- 
tional clustering space and also facilitates ventilation. 
A somewhat similar purpose is served by the usual practice of 
blocking the hive up at the corners during the honev flow if the 
weather be hot. The hive being open on all sides there is free 
ventilation, which is a material factor in swarm control. 
