2. How to Manage the Carniolan Alpine Bee. 
The Carriiolan bee is known as a swarming bee. This would imply 
that she is not diserable in localities, where only one early honev flow is 
the rule. The Carniolan bee is only as long a bee inclined to excessive 
swarming, as long she is kept in small hives., As soon she is transfered 
to hives that can be enlarged, giving the queen room to satisfy her 
breeding capacitiy, she loses her inclination for swarming without losing 
her prolifieness. 
The »Leipziger Bienenzeitung<, issue No 11, 1909, says about the 
treatment of the Carniolan bee as follows: 
»The German be is now known as one of tke best honey producers. 
Of the Carniolan bee it is said that she is a swarming bee, that does not 
achieve any great results in respect of honey gathering. In my opinion this 
later statement is always based on a wrong handling of the Carniolan bee, 
not taking in consideration the characteristics of this race, and the local 
pecularities of the honey flow. # 
»The Carniolan Alpine bee is decidedly, even for localities without a 
late honeyflow, a great success — if managed properly. Certainly, if two 
weeks before the beginning of the main honey flow the combs with brood 
are not limited, if the brood contains too many drone cells, and if the 
entrance to the honey combs to the queen is not made impossible by 
using excluding wiring — then the production of honey is almost nought. 
»Regarding the great swarming tendencies of the Carniolan bee, it - 
must be said that this is not at all a disadvantage. Quite the contrary. 
Her early maturity is of great value. A strong Carniolan colony can at the 
end of May have two swarms without diminishing the quantity of honey 
of the mother — colony.« 
»Always select the best queens and only colonies with the best 
honey production should be used for breeding purposes. At the time of 
the flow I take every week the full combs out and after extracting the 
honey, I return the same to the colony. 
»In the spring the Carniolan bee develops very fast. A colony that 
after wintering occupies only three half frames (badensishe measure), 
should not be abandoned or given up, or made stronger by adding bees 
and brood from other colonies. If such a diminished and weakened colony 
in the spring is healthy, has a good queen, is sufficiently feed and kept 
warm it will at the time of the main flow (June) become so strong that 
its honey production will favorable bear comparison with any other 
colony.« ; 
The best results as to the honey production with the Carniolan bee 
can be achieved by keeping the same in large hives, and by limiting the 
breeding space 4—5 weeks before the beginning of the main flow. 
Now something of importance in respect to the handling of the 
Carniolan original hives, which contain always stabil combs. 
