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entrance and the performance is over. 

 For a few minutes many bees will of 

 course take wing and fly over the hive and 

 the novice may at this time be in great 

 fear of being stung but there is really lit- 

 tle danger even though it is well to have 

 the smoker conveniently handy. 



Sometimes the bees resent their new 

 quarters and insist upon swarming out — 

 absconding, the beekeepers call it. This 

 can be prevented by providing the new 

 hive with one or two frames of brood 

 from the old hive body. The instinct to 

 care for the young asserts itself in such a 

 case and the bees ''stick." 



Commercial honey is produced and mar- 

 keted in two forms known as "extracted" 

 and "comb" honey. When an apiary is 

 managed with a view of producing ex- 

 tracted honey swarming can be more 

 easily controlled because an abundance of 

 room can be given at all times. 



The "supers" for producing extracted 

 honey are usually regular hive bodies 





