Swarm Control. 95 
If the queen’s wings are clipped, the operator should be ready to 
watch for and catch the queen while the swarm is isSuing. When 
the queen is found she should be placed in a wire-cloth cage and 
put on the shady side of the hive until the swarm returns. The 
swarm may return and enter the new hive without clustering, in 
which case the cage containing the queen may be thrust part way 
into the entrance of 
the new hive, but 
the queen should not 
be released among 
the returning bees 
until after many of 
them have entered LZ WZ 
the hive, because *wgyyeee2 De pepe CE NDE 
the bees may again YG a ee 
take wing if the 
queen is released 
too soon. If the 
bees cluster where 
they are readily ac- 
cessible, it may not 
be advisable to wait 
for them to return 
of their own ac- 
cord, since other 
swarms may issue 
and several of them 
join the cluster. 
They may be han- 
dled in hiving the 
same as though Ci 
their queen were 
with them. A 
wire-cloth cage 
large enough to be 
set over a hive Fic. 4.—Swarm entering new hive. 
(fig. 5) is sometimes useful if many swarms issue at one time, for 
one of these may be placed over any colony just starting to swarm 
to catch the swarm as it issues, thus preventing the confusion usually 
brought about when several swarms unite. 
PREVENTION OF AFTERSWARMS AND DISPOSITION OF THE PARENT 
COLONY. 
By this method of hiving swarms the bees are soon at work again 
with renewed energy in the same set of supers which a short time 
