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Regarding the same, Mr. A. Alfonsus, in his book »The Carniolan 
Bee, says: 
»If some of the bee-keepers were not successful with their work 
with the Carniolan original hives, the reason of this failure is not hard to 
find. As a rule the beginner in beekeeping wants the stabil hives (box 
hives) as soon as possible from his apiary excluded. For this reason he 
transforms — with more force than right -- the originel hives immediately 
after their arrival in mobil hives (with frames). With this he harms the 
colonies in their development and well-being, instead of utilizing the 
immense prolificness of this race of bees for ee purpose of getting natural 
swarms from the original hives. 
A Giant Swarm. 
»This is the only proper management of the Carniolan original hives. 
If done this way, the beginner will, by rationally utilizing the prolificness 
of the bees, soon be in the possession of good colonies in mobil hives by 
letting the bees swarm from the original hives, and transfering the swarms 
to mobil hives. Only then, when his apiary has reached the desired number 
of colonies, he can cancel the further use of the original hives.« 
_ Once more may be said: the best use of the original hives can be 
made by using the same as swarming hives. lf taken good care of them 
they can many years be of services for this purpose. 
3. The Carniolan Original Hive. 
In Carniola the original peasant hive is, with (few exceptions, in 
general use. The illustration shows the jsame as a low box, about 2 feet 
