and its Economic Alanagement. igi 



strength of the old workers will be utilized in storing it, and so 

 they perform a beneficial act to the colony before expiring, as it 

 is desirable they should do. 



Many complain that the more prolific varieties use up all the 

 autumn stores in brood rearing, and the same bee-keepers will 

 teU us that if fed up in August, their bees will want feeding again 

 by October. But at this time, stores must not be gfiven slowly ; 

 all a colony requires should be suppUed in one dose in the course 

 of two or three days. Give nothing more, when breeding soon 

 ceases and the bees invariably quiet down. 



This work is published in limp cloth cover, 3s. gd., post free. 

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 stout cover and photos of the author's domestic hive ; his home 

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 50 feet ; and another photo, of queen and workers on a comb. 



Dear Reader, whatever the side issues may be, I need hardly 

 say that bees are cultivated for the production of honey. We 

 have then to consider which plan of procedure will give the 

 largest surplus with the least amount of time and capital invested. 

 Your stock also is to be held in the highest state of excellence 

 generally year after year. The desideratum to be followed is that 

 mentioned as the " Tenth Method," which, worked together with 

 the non-swarming system, will be found the very foundation-stone 

 of success. 



We have seen that a young queen must be used if we wish to 

 obtain the best results in honey ; but the reader may be surprised 

 to know that for the production of bees, two and even three young 

 queens can be worn out during the season, in a hive run for 

 increase only. 



