( )UT APIARIES 



Six requisites have been emphasized by C. P. Dadant 

 as desirable to control swarming. They are, a minimum of drone 

 comb, ample breeding room, plenty of super room for honey, 

 shade for hives, ample ventilation, and young queens. 



Drone Comb 



The use of full sheets of foundation, both in the brood chamber 

 and in super frames, has to a large extent done away with super- 

 abundance of drone comb in the hive. Occasionally however, 

 carelessness in inserting foundation and improperwiriuji;, resulting 

 in sagginfi, wiU cause consideral)le droi.e comb. It will pay well 

 either to cut all drone comb from defective frames and insert 

 worker comb or foundation in its stead, or discard such combs 

 completely. 



Large Breeding Chamber 



More and more, extensive beekeepers are inclining towards 

 the hive with the large lirood chamber, especially for extracted 

 honey production; a hive in which the queen is unrestricted in 

 laying, which will accommodate the most prolific breeding queens. 



Man)- outapiarists using the ten-frame or even the eight-frame 

 Langstroth hi\'e expand the brood chamber by adding a second 

 story for the queen as soon as the first one restricts her laying 

 powers. Their plan, then, is to restrict the queen again to the 

 lower story at the lieginning of the first good flow by means of 

 the queen excluder using the IDemaree plan or some other with 

 modifications to insure the largest possible breeding room under 

 existing conditions. 



This again calls for considerable manipulation, much more 

 than is ne{essaiy when the ))rood chamber has, in one story, the 

 necessary breeding room. 



