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"shaking," the main idea of which is to stimulate comb build- 

 ing. This is undertaken only in a limited way, and as fol- 

 lows : The top box or boxes are removed and all the frames 

 in the bottom box examined Only those containing a large 

 amount of brood are left, and among those remaining (usually 

 seven are left) are interspersed full sheets of comb founda- 

 tion. This is frequently done twice a year, so that six combs 

 of a ten-frame hive are recovered and rendered into beeswax 

 during the year. The bees do not suffer from this treatment 

 and it seems to prevent swarming. In addition, all honey 

 and beeswax are taken from the top boxes. The practise 

 adds much to the wax production. 



A regular routine of examination, extraction, requeening 

 and general overhauling does much toward economizing labor, 

 systematizing the work and putting the business on a paying 



Fig. 10. Queen-rearing operations: (1) Transferring the larvae — enlarged 

 below; (2) putting royal jelly in cell cups; (3) cell bars in frame; (4) old cells 

 to be renewed. (Copied from Scholl. ) 



