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and close the upper hive except the entrance they have through the ex- 
cluder into the hive below. Now leave them in this way about five days, 
then look over the combs carefully, and destroy any Jarve you may find 
in -queen- -cells unless they are of a good strain of bees that you care 
to breed from, for they frequently start the rearing of queens above the 
excluder very soon after their queen has been kept below by the ex- 
cluder. If so, you. had better. separate them at once; but if they have 
not started any queen-cells above, then leave them together “ten or 
eleven days, during which time the queen will get a fine lot of brood 
started in the lower hive, and every egg and particle of larva that was 
in the old hive on top will have matured, so it will be capped over and 
saved; then separate. them, putting the old hive on a new stand. It will 
then be full of young bees mostly, and capped brood, and in) ‘about 24 
hours they_will accept a ripe cell, a virgin, or laying queen, as they “will 
realize that they are hopelessly queenless. I would advise you to give 
them a laying queen, as I never like to keep my full colonies a day 
longer without a laying queen than I can help. In this way you have 
two strong colonies from one, as you have not lost a particle of brood 
nor checked the laying of your queen; and with me it almost wholly 
prevents swarming. This is the way we have made our increase for 
several years, and we like it much better than any other way we have 
ever tried. In doing so you keep all your colonies strong during the 
whole summer, and it is the strong colonies that count in giving us our 
surplus. 
The mere fact of having a large number of colonies does not amount 
to much unless they are strong in bees and are well cared for at all 
times. This is a fact that many have sadly overlooked; and when the 
season comes to a close, giving them a small surplus, they feel disap- 
pointed and lay the fault on many things that have had but little to do 
with their failure. 
In making your increase in the above way your new swarm on the 
old stand is in fine shape for a clamp of sections, as it has a large work- 
ing force backed up by having its hive nearly full ot brood, and but lit- 
tle honey, as the bees have been in the habit of storing their honey in 
the old hive that was on top, so they will soon go to work in the sections 
and have no notion of swarming. Then the old hive that has been set 
away can usually spare 15 or 20 Ibs. of honey, which can be taken with 
the extractor, giving its new queen plenty of room to lay, and in a short 
time will be one of your best colonies, and also have no desire to 
swarm. 
Now, if you have done your duty by your bees since taking them 
from their winter quarters, as I have recommended in the above, keep- 
ing them snug and warm, and feeding them a little thin warm syrup 
nearly every day for the first 30 days after they commence to fly, you 
can have two good strong colonies in the place of one ready to com- 
