FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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KEEPING QUEENS CAGED. 



Success was reported by others with the plan of keep- 

 ing queens caged in the hive during part or the whole of 

 the harvest, and although I tried it on a large scale there 

 was no case of success with me. 



FASTENING YOUNG QUEENS IN. 



The good old-fashioned way of managing after- 

 swarms was to return them as fast as they came out. 



Mg. 58. — Movable Shade. 



This gave the young queens a chance to fight it out till 

 only one was left, and when only one was left there would 

 be no more swarming. So I planned to let the young 

 queens fight it out without the trouble of returning 

 swarms. I put a queen-excluder between the bottom- 

 board and hive, so that no queen could get out. As no 



