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NUCLEUS SWARMING. 
in breeding is equivalent to a swarm,” (and we think no close 
observer will doubt it,) then it follows that we could swarm a 
stock twice on the nucleus system with no more risk than swarm- 
ing once naturally, or that we are as safe against poor seasons as 
those who increase on an average but one-half annually. Yet 
as “ safety and certainty ” is our motto, we recommend only 
doubling the number of populous stocks, at which rate ten stocks 
would increase to one hundred and sixty in four years if every 
stock was swarmed annually, which number may be made good, 
and even a more rapid increase safely secured by using the sur- 
plus honey stored in frames, as directed under “how to stock an 
apiary.” In short, by the nucleus system of swarming, the 
vexatious losses attending other methods are avoided, and the 
process is so easy and gradual that even the day-laborer or busi- 
ness man, when supplied with hives, will find leisure time enough 
to manage a great number of stocks with profit and pleasure. 
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