| Show destroy queen cells caus to prevent swarming ono rood good way to help kelp prevent tho the bees from swarming la in to destroy tho the queen cells advises R M oil jull creast in charge of agriculture at south dakota state college these quoon queen cells arc are indications that the colony la to preparing to a warm swarm if it destroyed soon after they arc are started and plenty of room la at tho time tho the swarming lhing fever may be overcome no when queen cella cells aro are once found it will be necessary to go through tho the colonies again 8 or 10 days later and s destroy any more moro queen cells which may have started but if it the cells are well developed and especially ally if they are sealed it Is 41 difficult to prevent swarming when this far advanced it is usually necessary to remove the brood from the brood nest put the queen and a frame of brood in a new mew hive today put the new now hive today in place of the old one put on a queen excluder and then put the old hive body containing the brood on ion top of the queen excluder destroy any gheen colls cells which are present in the old brood chamber it Is a good idea to put one or orr two empty supers between the new hivo hive body containing the queen and the old hive body containing the bro brood broadas odas as this relieves congestion in tho the now brood nest provide plenty of room for the queen to lay in and plenty of room for the bees to store honey in also keep the hive comfortably comfor comfort tabi abl by ample ventilation and you yom should havo have little trouble from swarming be sure to take these precautions before tho the bees make up their minds to swarm because when once sot set upon swarming it Is almost impossible to stop them |
