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Should a newly hived swarm desert the home do not 

 give them a second opportunity. Once in the swarming 

 box, open the slides to allow plenty of air, give them a 

 comb containing some water, then place in a dark cellar 

 for 24 hours to permit them to cool off and to turn their 

 thoughts to wax production. If the queen is aged better 

 not bother with her, but get a young Italian queen and 

 then hive. A swarm will accept almost any queen, and 

 without the employment of the usual methods of 

 introduction. However there are rare times when no 

 written formula is of service: the apiarist has simply to 

 fall back on his experience to solve the difficulty. 



COMB-HONEY. 



EQUIPMENT. 



Experienced apiarists will no doubt be. surprised to 

 find "Swarming" taking precedence of "Comb-honey," 

 but when they remember the difficulties presented by the 

 swarming fever whilst engaged in comb production, they 

 will see the advisability of thus presenting it to the 

 novice. While the problem of swarm control is, to the 

 extracted-honey producer, of no great moment, it 

 becomes a serious question when comb-honey in sections 

 is the chief objective. 



The first requisite is a locality free from propolis, 

 and one that is capable of producing high-grade honey 

 in considerable quantity over a fairly long period. The 

 wax produced should be of virgin whiteness. If these 

 conditions do not exist it is unprofitable to run for comb- 

 honey. Extra skill is also required in the manipulation 

 of the hives. The brood-chamber is, of course, the same 

 as that of the extracted hive; the difference is in the 

 supering arrangements. A glance at Fig. 45 will show 

 the distinction of a super fitted for the small lib. sections; 

 it is, of course, of the same outside dimensions as the 

 hive, and is almost identical with a Bolton body (Fig. 14). 



