HOW TO ITALIANIZE AN APIARV. 
After one stock is Italianized, the bee-keeper may 
begin to change the rest of his stocks to the 'Italian 
variety. As soon as spring opens, the Italian stock 
should be fed daily, and if possible the hive should be 
set where it can have plenty of sun and be sheltered 
from the north and west winds, which will, together 
with the feeding, induce early breeding. All drone- 
comb should be placed near the middle of the hive, to 
promote the early production of drones; and if fed 
regularly, Ita'ian drones will appear in large numbers 
several weeks sooner than the black drones. 
As soon as several inches of capped drone-brood can 
be found in the Italian hive, form one nucleus in the 
manner directed for nucleus swarming ; feed the bees 
m the nucleus hive regularly, in order to obtain a large 
number of queen-cells and to keep them on the combs 
as much as possible, or else cool weather may chill the 
brood. While the nucleus swarm is constructing 
queen-cells, transfer all your black bees in common 
hives to movable-comb hives; place the empty drone- 
comb in the outside frames, and cut out and reject all 
drone-brood that may be found ; open all movable- 
comb hives containing common black bees and cut out 
all drone-brood and drone-comb from near the breed- 
ing core ; in this manner the production of black 
