94 Farmers’ Bulletin 1198. 
lous. In the production of extracted honey and when the best 
swarm-control measures are employed, the clipping of the queens’ 
wings is unnecessary and the practice is becoming less common. 
Swarms that issue during the honey-flow or just previous to the 
beginning of the honey-flow should not be placed in a new location 
separated from the parent colony, since to do so would divide the 
working force of the colony, but the parent colony should be moved 
a short distance to one side and the new hive for the swarm put in 
its place. In this way the field force is all given to the swarm which 
now becomes the producing colony. 
The hive of the parent colony should be moved while the swarm is out, 
the new hive put in its place, and the partially filled supers trans- 
ferred from the par- 
ent colony to the new 
hive, which is then 
ready to receive the 
swarm. The hive 
entrance of the par- 
ent colony should be 
turned away from 
its former position 
(fig. 3) in order that 
the swarm may be 
hived in the new 
hive without a part 
of the bees entering 
Fic. 3.—While the swarm is out, the hive of the parent colony a 
is turned away, the new hive put in its place, and the supers the hive of the par- 
transferred to the new hive, which is now ready to receive ant, colony. It is 
the swarm. S ‘ 
sometimes advisable 
to cover the old hive with a cloth while the swarm is being hived if 
bees attempt to enter it. 
If the queen’s wings have not been clipped, the swarm after having 
clustered may be shaken into a basket or a light box, which may be 
attached to the end of a pole, if need be. They should then be 
dumped immediately in front of the prepared hive, which should be 
arranged so they will not crawl under it, but can readily enter (fig. 4). 
A wide board, a cloth, or a newspaper may be used for a bridge to the 
entrance. If the bees do not begin to enter the hive at once, some 
of those nearest the entrance may be pushed in with a brush or a 
large feather. If some start to run away from the entrance they 
may be gently brushed toward it. The-bees should not be permitted 
to crawl up the sides of the hive and cluster outside, but all should 
be induced to enter. 
