BEE '- CULTURE. 



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Fig. 1446.— Alley's Prone Excluder. 



for other quarters* sometimes 

 i flying to the woods, but oftener 

 alighting and clustering upon 

 some neighboring tree.. The 

 new swarm at once begins work 

 upon a new home, and if left un- 

 disturbed there, would at once go to work again in the process of 

 gathering and storing honey. One of the leading features of the 

 business of bee-culture is the successful hiving of bee-swarms. To 

 capture an escaped colony of bees and get them safely back to the 

 apiary, is the mark of an experienced bee-keeper, 



Various expedients are resorted to in order to prevent swarm- 

 ing, as, if this could be effectually accomplished, and all the bees kept 



at home storing 

 honey during the 

 whole: season, ,the 

 lairgest crops 

 would be obtained 

 from a single hive. 

 Whether more 

 honey would be 

 acquired in this 

 way, in the long 

 run, than from the 

 pld stock and all 

 the increase, 

 where swarming 

 and after-swarm- 

 ing is allowed, is 

 yet a disputed 

 point among ex- 

 perienced bee- 

 keepers. Where 

 one has plenty of 

 bees, and desires 

 ' honey rather than 

 increase, a non-swarming apiary would- be desirable. 



Swarming can very often be prevented by simply giving abun- 

 dance of room in the surplus receptacles, just as fast as more is 

 needed, but no faster. This plan is, in fact, the one generally in 

 use. If the bee-keeper carefully looks after his bees, there will be 

 no trouble. But if he cannot give close attention to them, he can 



Fig. 1447. — Clusters of Bees Hanging from the Top of the Hive, 



