1 62 A Modern Bee- Farm 



Now, what is the condition of the colony which goes first into 

 the supers in early summer ? Have I not already shown that the 

 hive must be full of bees, and have every comb literally crammed 

 with brood, when the honey mustgo into the sections ? Well, go 

 and do likewise for your heather crop ! Imagine that you have 

 another year, a new season coming in, instead of a late season in 

 the same year ; and then you will have your honey where you 

 want it. 



But, you say the bees will not breed to any extent late in the 

 year. True, the same queen that you have used all the summer 

 will be of no use to you in this emergency, and just here is the 

 point. You are then to 



Use a Young Queen, 



and the best way to have one in readiness for every hive is to 

 follow my plan of using every tenth colony for nuclei as already 

 shown. Your first harvest closes towards the latter part of July, 

 and as soon as the supers can be removed, dethrone the old 

 queen and unite the stock and nucleus. You now have a stronger 

 ■colony and a young queen who will take good care that her 

 domains are not crowded with honey. Her first season is just 

 <;oming and the bees will act accordingly. 



This is a special case and special treatment is required, as the 

 honey nearly always comes in so freely that by the old method, 

 the already exhausted queens are soon crowded out and by the 

 time the harvest is over, the workers are worn out ; whereas with 

 the young queen we have a good stock left, with bees still hatch- 

 ing to make up for the tremendous loss of life. More honey is 

 accumulated because the population is larger and does not 

 decrease as only too frequently has been the case. 



Of course only worked-out combs are to be used in the 

 sections, including those not completed from the first harvest, 

 after being cleared by the extractor. 



At the termination of the earlier harvest if any stores are left 

 in the stock combs, the same should be extracted, and in 



