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the matter of increasing his stocks. Kemember the bee-keeper is rich, 

 not according to the number, but according to the strength of his colon- 

 ies during the honey season. Never attempt to do more than double 

 your bees if honey is desired, and unless the season is specially good do 

 not make more than one new swarm from two colonies. 



If an Italian queen is reared for introduclion, and you wish to catch 

 her for any purpose, let her fly upon the window, when she can be 

 readily caught by the wing. Decide on the manner of introducing her 

 to the colony tobeused,(S3e "Introducing Queens,' - p. 110) and do it as 

 gently as possible. Release the queen when the hive is as quiet as 

 possible: 



Beginners sometimes think that it is loo expensive to paint hives. 

 This is a mistake . One cannot afford not to paint them, because they 

 will soon injure in exposure to the weather by splitting, swelling, or 

 warping, so as to fit badly, and cause much greater loss than the cost of 

 painting. "We prefer three good coats, all white or clouded, though the 

 paints should be of different colors, to be distinguished by the bees. 

 Dark colored hives become much hotter in summer by absorbing the 

 rays of the sun, and the new comb is much more liable to melt down 

 than in white hives. 



Less expense attends providing proper hives for bees, according to the 

 income derived from them, than any stock about the farm. Stables, barns, 

 sheds, daries, cow-houses, &c, are necessary for stock, which do not 

 yield proportionally better returns than bees, in the management of 

 which, even on a large scale, all that is necessary, are hives — which are 

 of permanent value — a wax extractor, and a honey extractor. Yearly 

 there will be need for comb-foundation, frames, boxes, and crates, or 

 jars. But these last cost no more than what is oftentimes necessary for 



