ADVANCED BEE CULTURE. 



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Quite a number of bee-keepers have succeeded to their entire 

 satisfaction in preventing- after-swarming, also in preventing in- 

 crease, while only a very few have succeeded in preventing swarm- 

 ing when working for comb honey. Pi-obably the only certain 

 method that has been used to any extent, in this country, is that of 

 removing the queens just at the opening of the swarming season, 

 leaving the colonies queenless about three weeks. Of course, queen 

 cells must be cut out, at least once, during this intei'val. Although 

 a few good men practice this method, I never could bring myself to 

 adopt it — there is too much labor. 



The man who is raising comb honey as a business will find it to 

 his advantage to allow each colony to swarm once, if it zinll, (and no 

 more) then make the most out of the swarm. Whether the swarm 

 and the old colony shall be again merged into one, depends upon the 

 desirability of increase. 





A YOUNG BEE-KEEPER. 



