FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 191 



ever swarmed for me confirming that opinion ; and I 

 have had a few such piles every year for a number of 

 years.. 



VENTILATION TO PREVENT SWARMING. 



It is not, I think; so much the abundance of room, 

 as the abundance of ventilation that prevents swarming, 

 although the room is important. Notice the opportunity 

 for ventilation in that pile in Fig. 68. The entrance, 

 which you cannot see, is 12 inches wide and 2 inches 

 deep. The second story is shoved forward on the first 

 story so as to make a ventilating space of half an inch at 

 the back, between the two stories. The third story is 

 shoved back to make a space in front ; and the ventilating 

 space between the third and fourth stories is at the back. 

 Lastly the cover is shoved forward to make a space of 

 half an inch or more. Thus you see there is a fine 

 chance for a free circulation of air right through the 

 whole pile. Alas that such a thing cannot be used for 

 comb honey. 



SHAKEN SWARM WITHOUT INCREASE. 



Another plan that I would enjoy trying if I were 

 running for extracted honey is one variation of forced 

 or shaken swarms. It is the simple plan of making 

 a shaken swarm, say from A, and then piling all the 

 brood from A on another strong colony, B. European 

 bee-keepers tell us that with this accession of brood B 

 will not swarm. S. Simmins, of England, and some 

 others, give A half the bees from B. A would be all 

 right for comb honey, but B would not — at least not 

 right away — but it would be all right for extracted honey. 



ACCIDENTAL SWARMS. 



The best I can do, there will sometimes be what 

 might be called accidental swarms. Perhaps a strong 



