148 THE BLESSED BEES. 



bees had little chance to store honey in the lower 

 stories, they began at once to work in the second 

 stories. Then as the brood hatched in the lower 

 stories the queens could just about keep the cells, 

 so made vacant, supplied with eggs. In this way I 

 reared an immense number of bees. A queen lay- 

 ing from 2,000 to 3,000 eggs a day soon has a very 

 large number of workers. 



6. By having the young queens, by using the 

 extractor, and by putting on the second stories at 

 the right time, I kept the bees from swarming, 

 hence every colony was in the strongest and best 

 condition for work when the honey season came. 



7. By the frequent use of the extractor, during a 

 flow of honey, the bees were stimulated to the 

 greatest efforts. Finding all their stores taken from 

 them they redoubled their industry in order to make 

 good their loss. Thus a large quantity of honey 

 was obtained. 



8. By feeding this extracted honey back to the 

 bees, during times when no honey could be gather- 

 ed, I kept them employed in storing it in comb, in 

 such shape as to secure the highest market price. 

 By extracting frequently, when honey could be 

 gathered, I secured a large number of pounds. By 

 feeding this honey back to the bees at times when 

 otherwise they must have been idle, I obtained this 

 honey in nice comb, in good shape for market. 



