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■combs can be placed above any pair doubled for securing 



Extracted Honey. 



In this case, after removing one queen, place one hive 

 bodily upon the other, having first arranged the non- 

 swarming chamber below all. Thus we have three 

 chambers teeming with life, but at least one other must be 

 added above with empty combs, or odd brood combs that 

 may be left over from stocks united for surplus comb 

 honey. If foundation must be used in the absence of 

 sufficient combs to fill further chambers, then it will be 

 better to alternate frames of comb and foundation, to 

 secure the more rapid completion of the latter. 



Where extracted honey is to be largely worked for. 



Surplus Brood Combs 



are the most valuable stock-in-trade the bee-keeper can 

 have, if he only takes care when out of use to keep them 

 in a dry store with free ventilation, and all vermin excluded. 



A Great Evil 



noticeable in nearly all apiaries is the absence of any 

 attempt to keep on hand a supply of surplus hives. In 

 calling attention to this I have no intention whatever of 

 seeking accommodation for swarms, but have in mind the 

 best means of restraining them, and making far more 

 profitable use of the ever swelling numbers in the mother 

 hive. 



What reasonable man can for a moment imagine he is to 

 secure large results from the one brood chamber which still 

 constitutes the rule in Modern (?) Bee-keeping ? and this 

 often with a fixed hinged cover as well as permanent legs, 

 which the owner does not conceive the idea of removing ! 



A hive which does not permit of rapid extension either 



