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mended in Non-Swarming pamphlet ; then extracting 

 from the upper set as the brood is replaced by honey. 



Mr. Howard has designed single strips of excluder slots 

 with plain f-inch sides, which can be inserted between the 

 frame bars, thus spacing the frames at the same time, and 

 being adapted to few or many frames. It will be found 

 far better, however, to work entirely without excluder 

 zinc in any form. 



The best Queen-Excluder 



is the powerful colony, but why should you super it just 

 as you find it when you think it is ready, and becoming 

 overcrowded ? This is just what the average bee-keeper 

 does, and then he wonders why he cannot do without 

 excluder zinc, and moreover why his bees swarm as soon 

 as they have made a beginning in the surplus chambers. 



Rig^ht Here 



I must repeat that the numerous editors and other 

 teachers who are advocating the use of queen-excluder 

 zinc are missing the great principle in honey-production, 

 and general bee-management. Every advancing bee- 

 master should grind this fad under his heel, and will rely 

 upon the 



Re-arrangement of the brood-nest before Supexing, 



for the purpose of giving the queen plenty of room, while 

 at the same time ensuring a large population. The older 

 capped and hatching brood combs you will place at the 

 centre, while the uncapped brood will be placed to the 

 outsides. This must be made a great point in manage- 

 ment just prior to supering, and then the bees are 

 obliged to carry all the incoming harvest upstairs ; while 

 the queen will have so much room below, where most 



