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breeding ; allow two empty frames at first, and after 
they are nearly filled with comb, move the board and 
give them one or two more empty frames, and so on 
until the hive is filled ; in this manner, the bees only 
heat as much space as they occupy for work. 
By swarming bees on this system, a fertile queen is 
obtained for a new swarm, fully three weeks sooner 
than by any other method ; the new swarm has a young 
and vigorous queen at once ; breeding goes on at this 
time of the year very rapidly, and a double number of 
workers are produced for honey gathering. M. Quimby, 
in speaking on this subject, says: “ The introduction 
of a mature, fertile queen to a colony two weeks sooner 
than they swarm naturally, is an advantage sufficient to 
pay for the extra trouble. The time gained in breed- 
ing is equivalent to a swarm.” 
If a whole swarm is employed to rear a queen, mucn 
time is lost even in natural swarming; work is sus- 
pended for nearly ten days, and if after-swarms issue, 
for a still longer time, and the best of the honey harv- 
est is past before the stock gets into working condi- 
tion. 
While by this system, not only a larger amount of 
surplus honey is obtained, but it is frequently safe to 
make another swarm, and the colonies still be on an 
equal footing with those swarmed by the natural or 
other systems of increase. I would not recommend a 
