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AN EASY METHOD OF 
who would make the most profit from their 
bees, should remove the honey as soon as the 
drawers are filled, and supply their places 
with empty ones. The bees will commence 
their labors in an empty box that has been 
filled, sooner than any others. Drawers in 
old stocks, should be turned so as to let the 
bees into them as early in the spring as blos- 
soms are seen. 
RULE VII. 
THE METHOD OF COMPEI.UNCi SWARMS TO MAKE 
AND KEEP EXTRA QUEENS FOR THEIR 
APIARIAN, OR OWNER. 
Take a drawer containing bees and brood 
comb, and place the same in the chamber oi 
an empty hive, .take care to stop the entrance 
of the hive, and give them clean water, daily, 
three or four days. Then unstop the mouth ot 
the hive and give them liberty. The operator 
must observe Rule G in using the slides, in 
removing the box from the original hive. 
REMARKS. 
The prosperity of every colony depends 
entirely on the condition of the Queen, when 
the season is favorable to them. 
