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this gives the best results, even if we do not care for increase 

 — we remove the old hive to one side, and turn it entirely 

 around, so that the entrance that was east is now west. We 

 now place a new hive with five or six empty frames, which 

 have narrow starters, right where the old hive previously 

 stood, in which the caged queen is put. We fill the extra 

 space in this hive with division-boards, and set on it the super 

 of sections previously placed on the old hive ; or in case this 

 colony that just swarmed had not previously received a super 

 of sections, we place a super with a queen-excluding honey- 

 board on the hive where the new swarm is now to enter. 



As this colony has no comb in the brood-chamber, only 

 foundation starters, and has sections with comb or thin foun- 

 dation, the bees will commence to work vigorously in the sec- 

 tions, especially as the brood-chamber is so restricted. This 

 idea originated with Messrs. Doolittle and Hutchinson, and is 

 fully explained in " Advanced Bee-Culture," Mr. Hutchinson's 

 excellent book, which should be in the hands of every comb- 

 honey producer. 



The hive from which the swarm issued — now close beside 

 the hive with the new colony — should be turned a little each 

 day so that by the eighth day the entrance will be as before to 

 the east, or close to that of the other hive. On the eighth day 

 this hive is carried to some distant part of the bee-yard. Of 

 course all the bees that are gathering — and by this time they 

 are numerous — will go to the other hive, which will so weaken 

 the still queenless colony that they will not care to send out 

 another or second swarm, and so will destroy all remaining 

 queen-cells and queens after the first queen comes forth. This 

 is a quick, easy way to prevent after, or second, swarms. It 

 originated with Mr. James Heddon, and I find that, with rare 

 exception, it works well. I believe where one is with his bees, 

 this last-described plan is the most profitable that the bee- 

 keeper can adopt. Sometimes the mere introducing of a new 

 queen into the old hive will prevent any further swarming. 

 The queen at once destroys the queen-cells. 



Some extensive apiarists, who desire to prevent increase 

 of colonies, when a colony swarms, cage the old queen, destroy 

 all queen-cells, and exchange this hive — after taking out three 



