MID-SEASON WORK 73 
The common way of dealing with a swarm is to 
hive it on a new site, and more often than not 
the supers are left on the old stock. This is not 
a bit of use, and the adoption of this method 
will lead to a loss of nearly the whole of the 
honey crop. ~~» 
A few spare queens may be easily reared when a. 
swarm comes off, by the simple plan of breaking 
up the old stock into three nuclei; each nucleus 
consisting of three frames with the adhering bees, 
and one or two good queen-cells, of which there 
will usually be an abundance. The division is 
best made about six days after the stock has 
swarmed. In making it, allow one nucleus to re- 
main on the stand of the old colony, and make 
the two others on new locations. The one re- 
maining on the old spot may be left rather weaker 
than the others when the division takes place, 
as it will be strengthened somewhat by a number 
of flying bees which will return to it from the 
others. In a few days time the queens will have 
hatched, and on becoming fertilized may be use- 
fully employed for re-queening purposes, or for 
sale. The nuclei may then be joined up again to 
make a full colony. 
At the end of the honey flow, unless every care 
is taken, there will be much trouble from rob- 
“bing. bees, and when bees commence to rob in 
earnest the apiary rapidly becomes demoralized. 
It very. soon becomes the despair of its owner 
and a terror to the neighbours. Fighting takes 
