250 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



what brood "we could get in the seven eolonies that acted as feed- 

 ers, "without reducing any of them to less than four or five 

 brood. This time "we found six brood, "which "we took "without 

 any bees, and put on 237. 



This "was the regular program each time: forming nuclei 

 "with the brood, bees, and cells on 235; putting all brood and 



Fig. 91. — Ntieleiis Hives. 



liei'S from 237 on 235, al"ways leaving the queen at 237; and 

 (hen getting for 237 a fresh stock of brood "wherever it could 

 be spared. 



As none of the assisting colonies "were overdra"wn, they 

 "would be getting stronger, so that up to a certain point more 

 brood could be dra"wn each time. July 18, for the first time, 

 more brood "was dra"wn than it "was thought "wise to give to 237, 



