SPRING MANAGEMENT.—Chapter XIX. 
will be more easily found. (As to finding the queen see page 56.) She 
should be carefully picked up by the shoulders, and both her wings on’ one 
side cut off nearly 34 of their length. 
Pointing out the queen to Miss Goodlooker. One of the pleasantest 
occupations of apiary work. 
Enlarging the Brood-Chamber. 
Those brood-nests that were contracted the previous fall should be 
. expanded as soon as the colonies become strong enough to cover more 
frames. When expanding, it will be necessary to remove the side packing 
which fills the space made by removal of the combs the previous fall when 
contracting the double-walled hive. As the combs are added to fill up this 
space they should be placed at the sides, in order not to divide the brood- 
nest. It does not pay to be in too tig a hurry about removing the top 
packing. (See page 108.) 
Cutting Out Drone Comb. 
During the fruit bloom, after the bees are in the best possible condi- 
tion, queens elipped, colonies strong, plenty of stores and brood-chamber 
expanded, there is still a very profitable piece of work that one can hardly 
afford to omit, provided he has an excessive amount of drone comb in his 
hives, because rearing a large number of drones not only necessitates the 
consumption of a large amount of honey but also tends toward swarming. 
In the lower corners of the brood-frames, along the bottom-bar and at 
various parts of the combs, may be found patches of this drone comb. An 
excess of drones should on no account be tolerated, and in the warm spring 
days of fruit bloom is the ideal time for cutting drone comb out.and re- 
placing it with worker comb. 
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