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aids the swarm, while the stock is so depleted that 
it only rarely sends out a cast. Mr. Heddon, who 
carries this system yet further, and claims, in conse- 
quence, to make it invariably successful, shall speak 
for himself : “ Let us suppose that colony No. 8 
swarms June 15th. We mark upon the hive, ‘ O, June 
15,’ and on the hive in which we put the swarm, ‘ S, 
June 15.’ When we hive the swarm (always on full 
sheets of wired foundation), we place it on the old 
stand, moving the old colony a few inches to the 
north (our hives front east), with its entrance turned 
northward, away from its swarm, about 45deg. As 
soon as the new colony is well at work, having their 
location well-marked (say, two days), we turn the old 
colony back parallel with the new one. Now both 
hives face east, sitting close beside each other. While 
each colony now recognises its own hive, they are, 
as regards all other colonies, on one and the same 
stand. 
“ The dates on the back end of the hives indicate 
that second swarming may be looked for about 
June 23. About two or three days before that date, 
and when the bees are well at work in the fields, we 
remove the old hive to a new location, in another part 
of the apiary. This depopulates the old colony, giving 
the force to the new, leaving too few bees in the 
old one for the young ‘misses^ to divide; and as 
they at once recognise this fact, they fight it out on 
the line of ‘ the survival of the fittest.’ 
“ Remember that you are to remove the old hive 
to its final location when the workers are mostly in 
the field, and to move it carefully, so that very few 
