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and weight of bees, without comb, will give the reader 
a more correct idea of a swarm of bees for profitable 
and successful management : 
15.000 bees, or a little more than one gallon, consti- 
tute a medium swarm. 
25.000 bees, or about seven quarts, constitute a good 
swarm. 
35.000 bees, or about ten quarts, are called a large 
swarm ; yet as many as fifty thousand bees are occasion- 
ally found in a single swarm. 
When the amount or number of bees is to be ascer- 
tained by weight instead of measure, the following is 
the average weight ; 
100 drones weigh about 1 ounce. 
290 worker-bees weigh about 1 ounce. 
We give the above to enable parties who may be de- 
sirous of making experiments to ascertain, either by 
measuring or weighing, the number of bees; also to 
enable the beginner to judge whether he purchases a 
medium, good or large swarm, since the expression, “a 
swarm of bees,” does not define the amount. 
THE QUEEN. 
The queen is the only perfect female in a hive. In 
form she is of slender structure, compared with either 
drone or worker — though a little larger around the 
