Since the introduction of the honey extractor an- 
other system, other hives, and other managements have 
been introduced. Now hives are made expressly to be 
used with such machines, the interior is arranged with 
nearly all frames into which is stored both brood and 
honey, the later being thrown out with the extractor, 
and the comb again inserted near the centre of the 
hive, thus bees are not compelled to build new comb, 
the brood nest is spread out over the entire hive, and 
swarming is, to some extent, prevented. After the 
honey is thrown from the comb, that small per cent, as 
still adheres on the walls of the cells, is most profitable 
stored in boxes, and for that purpose they should be 
arranged in close approximation to the brood centre. 
In order to renew the queen it would become neces- 
sary to allow it to swarm every third year, or, furnish 
each stock a young queen every third or fourth year. 
We also recommend the following system. Swarm 
your bees at the rate of fifty per cent, annually ; as 
soon as the honey harvest is ovei , reduce the number 
of stocks to your standard number, by brushing the 
bees containing the old queen on a sheet, before the 
hive with which they are to be united. (See “ Uniting 
Bees.”) Watch for the queen and take her away. Ap- 
propriate the honey in the hive just stripped of bees, 
to your own use, and preserve the empty comb for aid- 
ing new swarms the next season. By this method 
