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ing comb within two hours— filled the Hive well with 
honey — end were one of my best swarms. 
The following year 1 had two swarms come forth at 
the same time, and they both gathered on a Hive that 
was about ready to 6end forth a colony ; fearing they 
would flee to the woods, (as they often do in such cases,) 
1 immediately prepared a Hive, and went in search of 
an extra Queen. I then removed about 16 quarts of 
the Bees that hung together on the outside of the Hive, 
into the one 1 had prepared for the new swarm, and' 
put the Queen among them. They soon took posses- 
sion of their habitation, and commenced work the 
same afternoon. The Bees that were not taken from 
the Hive, came off soon after and went immediately to 
the woods. Here I saved one good swarm by making 
one as described, whereas they would most likely all 
have gone, had not a swarm been made in this manner. 
I have pursued this method for several years with 
good success, and if 1 have an old swarm rather dila- 
tory about swarming, and have hung in a large cluster 
for some time, I look for an extra Queen, and as soon 
as 1 find one, I remove the cluster to an empty Hive 
and put in the Queen, and if I find the colony too 
small, I gather from other Hives where they hang in 
clusters, until my colony is large enough. In this way 
I get their labors— otherwise they would have been for 
a long time in the cluster and remained idle. 
I think it is of the greatest importance to Apiarians, 
to manage in a way to get all the labor they can from 
their Bees. They aro industrious, and wi’ll labor for 
your benefit if you do all on your part. Every man 
should ornament his yard with a few of Stoddard’s 
Self-Protecting Hives, well filled with Bees— well man- 
aged— and they will afford a luxury for your table at 
little expenso. 
RULE TWENTIETH. 
Profits of Cultivaiing Bees. 
After several years experience, I am of the opinion 
