EXPERIMENTS IN APIARY. 
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20th of August we made two more swarms; this we did by 
giving the nucleus three or four frames of brood out of the 
four hives, and also by filling in with frames full of honey 
from their upper stories, so that we then had six strong 
swarms, besides sixty pounds of comb honey, which would 
make an account showing as follows: 
The original swarm.$10 00 
To 5 hives, at $2.50. 12 50 
To 5 lbs comb foundation, at 50 cents. 2 50 
-$25 00 
CONTRA. 
By original swarm.$10 00 
By 5 new swarms, at $10.00. 50 00 
By 60 lbs comb honey, at 15 cents. 9 00 
-$69 00—Balance, $44 00 
This account, as you see, shows a net profit of $44.00. 
Of course, we did not work our bees for honey, having only 
one swarm with which to start. Our object was<to increase 
the number of swarms of bees. 
Later on, I fed the bees what surplus honey we had 
after the frost stopped the honey flow, which kept the bees 
busy until late. The queen kept laying, and went into win¬ 
ter quarters with plenty of young bees. 
We put the bees into winter quarters October 15, in 
the following manner: The hives were left on their 
summer stands, about four inches from the ground. We 
filled the upper story with chaff*, to absorb the moisture 
which always generates in the hive during the winter, 
and banked the hives with dirt all around, closing the 
entrance so that only one or two bees could come out at 
a time. A better way is to have a double-walled hive 
filled in with chaff all around, as this serves to absorb all 
moisture, while forming a warm and equable protection 
for the bees during sudden changes of temperature dur¬ 
ing the winter. 
