PEARCE METHOD OF BEE-KEEPING 



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they have been kept in, they are sure to swarm out at haying 

 time, when the farmer is so pestered with other jobs all 

 coming at once, that he voted bee-keeping a failure and quit. 

 But now with the modern appliances, in which bees do not 

 swarm naturally and give him this annoyance, he should 

 take this matter up with vigor and secure for himself and 

 family all of this sweet supply which is all about him, ana 

 the bees will go out and bring it in for him, so if he desires 

 he need not even go out doors for it. It is along this line 

 that I will now write. 



Set of artificially raised Queen cells. Most Queen Breeders prefer to 

 have a special house for raising Queens. All our bees are housed at all 

 times, so with our method, we do not need special houses. 



I will suppose, then, that you have one or more swarms 

 of bees. Instead of letting them swarm naturally as they 

 have been doing, or will do if you leave them as they are, 

 about the first of May, or just before the fruit blooms, just 

 put on another hive body filled with good straight founda- 

 tions or combs, and give access to this, that is, do not have 

 anything between the two hives. Then put on top of these, 

 comb honey cases for 50 or 150 pounds, and put this outfit 

 in a shelter where they will be away from all storms and 

 marauders, and you can go about your business till about the 

 first of November when the bees will have clustered down 

 in this big hive out of your surplus honey and you can lift off 

 your honey without seeing or hearing a bee and you will 

 receive your sweet supply with far less labor than you have 



