071 Aidificial Swa7^i7is, 
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But the brood, nursed by those bees which 
remain in the hive, will increase greatly ; the 
cells which were filled with honey will be 
emptied by the bees, and the queen will depost 
her eggs in them, which in a short time will 
produce a strong stock. 
By following out this plan, I obtained in 1869, 
from eight hives, sixteen swarms and a pro- 
duce amounting to 200 lbs. of honey. In 1870, 
although a very bad year, swarms being scarce, 
sixteen hives gave me twenty-eight swarms, 
with a produce of 100 lbs. of honey. The 
third year, I increased the number of my hives 
to thirty-two, of which twenty were Ligurians, 
and the produce in honey amounted to 200 lbs. 
weight. 
We have said that our system unites simplicity 
of management with economy of time. We are 
able to make an artificial swarm by division 
in ten minutes ; and are able, moreover, to do 
so at any time of the day or even of the 
night. 
Besides the advantages afforded by our hives, 
which have been mentioned above, we may add 
the following : — 
I. In the height of summer, when the bees 
