FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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considered the best in the apiary. No. 237 was now set 

 on the stand of No. 235, and No. 235 was set in a new 

 place. Please understand that the stand holds its num- 

 ber, and that when the hive that was on stand 237 is 

 moved as stated it is now No. 235. We now have on 

 235 a hive full of brood and bees without any queen, and 

 while it will lose the old flying force it had, it will get 

 the flying force that belongs to its present stand. The 



Fig. 90.— Nucleus Bottom-Soard. 



colony that was moved from 235 will, of course, lose its 

 flying force, and will take its time to recuperate. 



The bees on these two stands — 235 and 237 — were 

 the principal actors throughout the season, the other col- 

 onies in the apiary merely serving as feeders from which 

 to draw brood from time to time. On 237 was left the 

 hive of empty combs, the queen, and the constantly m- 

 creasing flying force. We now go to the other colonies 

 and draw from them what brood they can spare without 



