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up the full strength of the colony. On the other hand, when 

 only two frames are put up I think the colony is more likely 

 to continue the rest of the season without swarming. 



GIVING NUCLEUS TO SWARM. 



A plan that has seemed to be as satisfactory as any other, 

 although it is not always convenient to use it, is upon the issu- 

 ing of a swarm to pick up the queen so as to have her out of 

 the way, remove the old hive from the stand and place on the 

 stand a nucleus in a regular hive. The supers are put upon 

 this hive, and the swarm is left to return at its leisure. This 

 takes little time and trouble, and there is no danger of fur- 

 ther swarming. I have seen it stated that when the swarm re- 

 turns the queen of the nucleus may be killed, but that does not 

 occur "in this locality." 



PREVENTION OP SWARMING. 



I don't quite like that heading. It may be understood to 

 mean that I am entirely successful in profitably preventing 

 swarming, and I am not certain that I have yet attained to that. 

 1 say profitably preventing it, for there might be such a thing 

 as preventing it in a way that would hardly pay. If a colony 

 disposed to swarm should be blown up with dynamite, it would 

 probably not swarm again, but its usefulness as a honey-gath- 

 ering institution would be somewhat impaired. Swarming 

 might also be prevented by means of such character as to in- 

 volve an amount of trouble that would make it unprofitable; 

 or it might be prevented in such a way as to have a very un- 

 profitable effect upon the honey crop. The thing I am after is 

 profitable prevention. 



NO DELIGHT Df SWARMS. 



I have read of the great delight felt by the beekeeper at 

 the sight of an issuing swarm, the bees whirling and swirling 

 in delirious joy, but such things do not appeal to me. I do 

 not like swarming. T never did. I don't think I ever shall. In 

 my many years of beekeeping experience, I think I never 



