Show I 1 increase 1 I c r 0 of fcc B s by dividing anthe oa the je t of increase by dividing root tell us in gleanings in bee culture for the ho benefit of amateurs that there is indich anch danger in spreading brood many tim times ta wo have cold nights and days ever even after we think alien alie cather is ia settled for foi I 1 warm the result is the brood is ia balled killed and the colony is set back As a general thin tiling it is best for be beginners inners to let nature tako take its own course lie lie says we prefer to divide in this way put the queen one third of the brood and two thirds of the bees on the new stand A largo large part of the bees not used to the new stand will ivill return to the old one the consequence will bo be that each stand will have about an equal division of bees the new stand ft aill ill have one third the brood but it lias has the queen and the power to go right on with brood rearing while the old stand with two thirds of the brood wa will ill have to wait until they can raise a queen therefore they ought to td have the inore brood we tried this plan of dividing season and jt it worked very nicely As a genera gener 4 thins we secured about an equal division cf the bees and both colonies wohld I 1 finc roase to about the same strength both having equal advant advantage ago in the first place as near as we can call make it |