38 A Modern Bee-Farm 



required from the nurse bees until the last remaining young- 

 queen is laying, a period of about twelve days, so that if 

 excessive swarming is not indulged in, stores continue to 

 accumulate while there is a reduced force to gather it. It is 

 well that this is so, as the young queen is generally so very 

 prolific that unless the workers can get in advance of her 

 requirements at the start, they are liable to reach Winter with 

 no stores on hand. 



I have here shown in a general way the natural condition 

 of a swarm during one year of its existence, but under modern 

 management the state of things will be much altered ; at the 

 same time I hope the foregoing will enable the uninitiated 

 reader the better to understand and follow such methods as 

 will hereafter be described. 



