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A Modern Bee-Farm 



In concluding this chapter, I must insist that unrestricted 

 or indiscriminate swarming, as hitherto generally practised,, 

 is totally at variance with all true principles of breeding. To obtain 

 the best results, it is absolutely necessary that all queens be 

 carefully bred from the best stock only. Our motto should 

 be " Excelsior ! " 



