Old Stocks Are Good As Any If Healthy
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PURCHASING STOCKS AND TRANSPORTING BEES.
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When it appears that all are exempt, (by a thorough examination, if not
satisfied without,) you need not object to stocks two or three years
old; they are just as good as any, sometimes better, (providing they
have swarmed the season previous, according to one author; because such
always have young queens, which are more prolific than old ones, that
will be in all first swarms).
Old stocks are as prosperous as any, as long as they are healthy, yet
they are more liable to become diseased.