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are several bee diseases that must be 

 watched for but these too will be consid- 

 ered in a separate chapter. After this 

 first warm weather examination the col- 

 onies must be inspected at frequent inter- 

 vals so that the owner may be sure that 

 everything is progressing as it should. 

 The object of hive management is to have 

 the colonies at their maximum popula- 

 tion at the time of the honey flow and the 

 owner must adjust the hive activity in 

 such a way that this result is brought 

 about. 



In localities where the chief honey crop 

 is harvested early in summer everything 

 must be done to discourage swarming, 

 while in sections where the main crop 

 comes in the fall, as it does in most sec- 

 tions, the colonies may be allowed to in- 

 crease by swarming as the owner will then 

 have time to build up both the parent col- 

 ony and the swarm to full strength before 

 the crop appears. 



There has been much written on swarm 



