The second method, which is a variation of the Demaree plan, is im 
some respect preferable ty the first, and is worked as follows: 
When the bees cover all the frames in the brood chamber, some: 
time in May, find the queen and place her with two frames of brood in the 
centre of a second story, over a queen excluder, adding empty combs, or 
frames containing full sheets of fsundation, at the sides. Put in frames. 
containing built out combs or full sheets of foundation, at the sides of the 
brood combs left below. The bees will usually build queen cells below 
the excluder, all but one of which shsuld be destroyed on the eighth or 
ninth day afterwards. After the young queen has hatched below, and is. 
mated and laying, the old queen above can be removed. If she is pravided 
. * with two or three frames of brood and put into 
Variation of Qemaree: Vas . a fresh hive on a new stand this wiil make'a 
; good nucleus. The old queen however,'can be 
left until the combs below are partly filled with - 
brood. By this method, if carefully follawed, 
Super it is scarcely possible for the bees: to swarm, 
the old queen being above the excluder, with 
ample room for egg laying. A powerful colony 
can by this means be built up in readiness for 
2 frames of brood | the honey flow in July, and a young queer 
(larvae) and Queen in assured to each hive so treated every year. 
centre of 8 fiames of . 
drawn comb. ' After the old queen is removed from the second 
story queen cells may possibly be built there. 
Zinc Queen Excluder If so these should be destrzyed on the eight or 
ninth day afterwards. A colony headed by a 
ae popes - oe queen of the current year does not swarm as 
comb, one on each | @ General rule, Bees will not usually build 
side. queen cells when an all-wire queen excluder is 
eee used, but will alntost’ invariably do so, either 
y above or bélow a zinc ex¢luder if there is brool 
in the queenless part. wee ae ; 
Another plan for swarm prevention, which has the merit sf simplicity, 
is to remove or cage the queen, when the bees are strong enough to make 
preparations for swarming, and cut out all queen cells but one on the 
eighth or ninth day afterwards, 
When swarms issue there are methods that may be followed and.a 
g-od crop of honey obtained, as well as increase of ‘colonies. When as 
much increase, as possible is desired the well. known plan of hiving the 
swarm in a new hive on the old stamd, transferring the supers to it, and 
dividing up the brsod' frames into two-frame nuclei, with a queen - 
‘cell to each, is good procedure. For moderate increase the following 
directions can be put ints practice: After a first, or prime swarm 
issues, (1) Move old hive to a fresh stand. (2) Hive swarm in‘a new hive 
on the old stand, on built sut combs, or full sheets of foundation, (3) 
Transfer supers to swarm. (4) On the third or fourth day afterwards 
transfer four or five frames of sealed brood from the old hive to the swarm 
after cutting out all the queen cells they may contain. Put these in the 
second story over queen excluder. (If, preferred the old queen, that is 
with the swarm, may be taken ‘away at this stage, ani a queen cell or new- 
ly hatched queen substituted which should prevent the possibility of 
second swarming. 
