H94 A Modern Bee- Farm 



favorably combined for the rapid development of the 

 brood nest, from the first moment you decide to break up 

 the semi-hibernating condition of the winter cluster." 

 See " Plumping " ; also " Feeding and Feeders." 



Where stocks cannot be got up to the desired strength 

 for the opening of the 



sunnER 



season, or when one wishes to take every possible advan- 

 tage of the harvest, he will not hesitate to work on 



the Doubling: System. 



At this moment honey may be coming in rapidly, with 

 ■every appearance of fine weather to continue. The first 

 is always the best chance, and it is a question whether the 

 apiarist will simply allow the bees to waste their energies 

 in excessive brood rearing, or at once cut short their work 

 in that direction, and direct far greater power towards the 

 "piling up " of stores. What is done must now be done 

 quickly, and though the usual plan has been to simply 

 place the brood combs of one stock with, or upon its 

 neighbour, and saving the queen with the swarm remain- 

 ing on the old stand, the following definite methods of 

 proceeding will give the highest profitable results. For 

 producing 



Comb Honey, 



■select any two desirable stocks standing near to each other. 

 Unite the entire force of workers on to eleven frames of 

 the most completely packed combs of brood ; allow the 

 non-swarming chamber under, and put on supers already 

 filled with prepared comb to the capacity of some 4olbs., 

 or even more. If the other queen is old, destroy her, 

 otherwise reserve her majesty in a nucleus. The surplus 



