8 THE OONNKCriOUr AGJilCULTURAL COLLEGE EXTENSION SERVICE. 



one frame. The extra space in both bodies is filled with empty 

 combs or full sheets of foundation, or combs of honey taken 

 fi'OFi the other body. This change is usually made after it 

 becomes evident that the colony will not yield to simpler 

 methods. If nectar is coming in freely at the time this change 

 is made, ample room should be given by adding one or more 

 supers. It is important in using this plan to get all the young 

 bees out of the lower body where the queen is confined as they 

 ar.3 the cell builders. It may be necessary in order to get all 

 the young bees out of the lower body to shake the bees from it 

 into the upper body. If the lower body is not fastened to the 

 bottom board, it will be simpler to transfer the one frame of 

 brood and the queen to the new body and let that become the 

 bottom body. This plan produces conditions in the hive very 

 much lilte those under natural swarming, but without the con- 

 fusion and break in nectar gathering incident to it. 



A. modification of this plan which seems to work a little 

 better, is to raise the body containing the brood above two su- 

 pers so as to separate the brood farther from the queen. With 

 extracted honey production this modified plan gives almost 

 perfect success, but under comb honey conditions it does not 

 work quite so well. The bees in the upper body will carry down 

 some of the dark comb from the brood frames and use it in 

 capping some of the sections. This of course damages the 

 sections, but would not injure the frames for extracted honey 



There is no swarm prevention scheme which works sat- 

 isfactorily for comb honey production. Some plans work bet- 

 tti with some people than with others, so it is a matter for each 

 beekeeper to work out a plan of his own, or to adapt one of 

 thf suggested plans to his conditions. Probably the most ef- 

 fective check to swarming is to provide the bees at all times 

 a little more room than they can fill. Keep them hustling to 

 fill up empty room in the hive ! It is better to have an empty 

 super on tlie hives a week too soon rather than a day too late. 



Proper Stjpering for Comb Honey. 



Ta any honey production, the beekeeper should keep track 

 of the development of the flowers so as to know how fast the 



