98 Farmers’ Bulletin 1198. 
it may be necessary to shake the bees from several of the combs 
of the parent colony, uniting them with the swarm at the time the 
hive is moved away, to be sure of a depletion of the parent colony 
sufficient to prevent afterswarming. Usually, however, this method 
can be depended upon without opening the hives to note the advance- 
ment of the queencells or to shake out any of the bees. 
If no increase is desired the parent colony may be moved to the op- 
posite side of the swarm instead of to a more distant location, where 
it can be united with the swarm at the close of the honey-flow. In 
doing this it may be necessary to place the parent colony some dis- 
tance beyond the swarm and turn its entrance away from that of the 
swarm temporarily to prevent the returning young bees finding their 
hive as they may do if it is 
placed on the opposite side 
with its entrance close to that 
of the swarm. 
INTERRUPTION OF WORK IN 
SUPERS UNDESIRABLE. 
When swarms are hived 
during the honey-flow in the 
manner described above, it is 
important that conditions 
within the new hive be such 
that the energy of the newly 
Pic. 7—A day or two later the hive of the hived swarm is directed from 
eee colony is placed close to that of the the beginning chiefly to the 
swarm. Seven days later it is removed. - 
work in the supers instead of 
to work in the new brood-chamber. This is especially important dur- 
ing a short honey-flow, for the season may close before profitable 
work in the supers is resumed if the colony first fills the brood-cham- 
ber. Furthermore, a temporary cessation of work in the supers while 
the new brood-chamber is being filled may result later in a stagnation 
of the work of the colony brought about by a concentration of work in 
the brood-chamber. This applies particularly to comb-honey produc- 
tion, since in extracted-honey production there should be little if any 
interruption of the work in the supers after the swarm has been hived, 
unless the swarm is unusually small or unless the new _ brood- 
chamber is unusually large. The furniture used in the new brood- 
chamber, the size of the new brood-chamber, the number of bees in 
the swarm, the attractiveness of the supers (p. 14), and the character 
of the honey-flow all affect the continuity of the work in the supers 
when a swarm is hived. 
