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from hives that have swarmed the year before, as such will have 
vigorous queens but one year old. We could not advise the 
purchase of second swarms at the time of their issue, unless 
early and of fair size, for except in good seasons, many fail to 
secure sufficient stores for winter. 
By selling rights and hives, and taking bees for pay, agents 
and owners of territory often get bees enough to stock an apiary 
without taking bees from any to whom they can sell for cash. 
Directions will be found under “ Instructions to Agents and 
Owners of Territory.” 
By Taking Bees on Shares. 
Bees are sometimes taken on shares for a term of years, the 
person taking them finding hives and getting half the increase 
and honey, or more, when transferred into movable-comb hives 
and Italianized. 
By Capturing Fugitive Swarms. 
We once bought twenty stocks, at five dollars each, of a man 
who got his start by finding a swarm hanging to a bush. Fugi- 
tive swarms may often be brought down by throwing dirt among 
the advance guards, or by getting in the proper position and 
reflecting the rays of the sun upon them from a looking-glass. 
By a Safe Increase of Stocks. 
After a few stocks have been obtained, by any of the forego- 
ing methods, by far the cheapest way to stock an apiary, is to 
increase the number of stocks by nucleus swarming, and obtain- 
ing bees gratis of neighbors, by taking up their condemned 
