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stored combs, two swarms ; with empty combs, three ; 

 foundation, four. 



Uniting: to other Stocks. 



A wasteful plan, which results only in loss of bees and 

 time, is that of adding driven bees to weak colonies at 

 home. Without considering that fighting is certain to 

 cause the death of thousands in the hands of many bee- 

 keepers, but too frequently these bees only die out before 

 winter is half over, leaving the stock worse off than before. 



To be in any way satisfactory for this purpose the 

 driven bees must first be made to develop a fair-sized 

 brood nest in another hive on the spare combs of such lot . 

 when plenty of young bees are hatching then unite to 

 your weak lot, saving the queen most to be desired. 

 Feed and prepare for winter as hitherto shewn. 



Piumpins:. 



The Author's system of ' plumping ' willjbe found highly 

 beneficial in building up driven bees. Under the usual 

 conditions there has always been great difficulty in induc- 

 ing the bees to develop a brood nest of sufficient extent 

 to compensate for the loss of life in storing the necessary 

 food for winter. 



