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tance, 'there is just sufficient brood to make up for wear 

 and tear before a general hatching would otherwise take 

 place. Moreover the queen is kept below without the 

 T.iseless and expensive addition of excluder zinc generally 

 used where starters only are given under the sections. 



When Swarming, 



ray plan is not to throw the bees entirely into the sec- 

 tions as soon as they are hived, but simply to prevent the 

 production of an excess of brood in the height of the 

 season, and with the two combs of brood so arranged the 

 colony is worth wintering after the season is over ; where- 

 as'in the other case several have to be united to get a fair 

 stock. But, I am told, the bees will not work in the sec- 

 tions with so much room below ! Have I not already 

 shown how full stocks will do so with plenty of room 

 under or in front of the stock combs ? And if your bees 

 will not go into the supers, when they are strong enough 

 and honey is to be had, do not wait for their pleksure, but 

 put them in by either of two ways. 



To make the Bees go into the Sections, 



first secure the queen and cage her above the sections for 

 a few hours, and when you go to the hive you will find the 

 super crowded ; remove her quietly and let her go in by 

 the entrance. Another plan I have found successful is to 

 place the crate on a sheet of paper on the ground, raised 

 on one side that the bees may draw under, when many of 

 the bees are to be shaken off the frames close to the same 

 when they will cluster in the sections. They may be 

 thrown on top without lifting the crate, and though some 

 will of course return when the super is replaced, our object 

 is accomplished. 



This is best done towards evening, and when desirable 



