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it, and from deficient ventilation as in old hives, it remains 
thin and sour, is unfit for the bees, and they die in con- 
sequence. 
Another cause is overswarming. In the common hive 
frequently the honey, from remaining there too long 
when too few bees have been in the hive to keep up 
heat enough to prevent it from graining. If such stocks 
throw off too many bees they often fail in collecting 
enough from the fields and as they make no useof can- 
died honey, they must starve. 
HOW TO PREVENT YOUNG SWARMS FROM FL.1 
INiG TO THE FOREST. 
That the bee is susceptible of being domesticated is 
beyond a doubt. The experience of the Apiculturist for 
more than 2000 years has established this fact, but that 
the instinctive desire of the bee to migrate to the forest, 
under certain conditions, has never been overcome, con- 
tinued evidence is presented by the loss of thousands of- 
swarms annually in this way. And unless some means 
are devised to stop it, it must continue until the end of 
time. 
A knowledge of this caused me to invent my patent 
Regulator, by which I have perfect coptrol of the swarm 
after being hived. In my hive I bring the Regulator 
down to the lowest guage, giving a space of 3-16 of an 
inch scant by 4 1-2 inches in length, this sized entrance 
will let the worker bees pass out and in and will impri- 
son the Queen ; consequently they will never leave for 
the woods. After keeping the Regulator in this position 
for twelve hours, and moving the swarm immediately 
away from the place where they were hived, putting 
them on the stand where (hey are to remain during the 
