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and instead is inserted a comb either with a cell or a grafted cell 

 from one of the choice breeding colonies. Again, a week or more 

 later, the third examination makes sure that all queens have 

 been hatched and mated, cells being inserted where needed from 

 colonies previously prepared. 



Supers and Supering 



"Anticipation brings Realization." This is certainly true in 

 putting on supers. If the outapiarist waits till the main harvest 

 is on at home to begin his round of supering at the outyards it 

 is a safe guess that he will be too late at some one of his outapiaries. 



Conditions would be ideal, certainly, were it possible to have 

 all colonies ready at the same time. This may in part be attempt- 

 ed by equalizing brood between colonies as is practiced by some. 

 This calls for more manipulation. 



The first supers for surplus should be put on at or shortly 

 before the opening of the honey flow. This should be before 

 the queen becomes restricted in her egg-laying through conges- 

 tion of honey in the brood chamber. Certainly it is not a wise 

 plan to add supers three weeks in advance of their need, since 

 the bees have an added story to keep warm during the cool weather 

 of spring. But it would be more desirable to have the supers 

 on a week early than a week late. 



So with the second and third supers, they should be given 

 as required before the bees become crowded for storing room, while 

 in rapid heavy fiows two or even three supers may be added at 

 once, they being filled with nectar almost as quickly as one. 



Adding another super when the one below is about half full, 

 or when the bees are storing honey from one edge of the super to 

 the other is the usual procedure. This, of course is to be varied 

 with the time of the flow. Toward the close of the flow it will be 

 wiser to crowd the bees rather than add extra supers which may 

 not be needed. This is especially true in fall flows when we wish 



