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In preparing for swarming the queen sometimes lays eggs in partly 
constructed queen cells, but when a colony becomes queenless the 
cells are built around female larve. The larve in these cells receive 
special food, and when they have grown to full size they, too, are 
sealed up, and the colony is then ready for swarming. 
The issuing of the first swarm from a colony consists of the depar- 
ture of the original queen with part of the workers. They leave behind 
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worker to drone cells; c, horizontal section at side of comb showing end bar of frame; d, horizontal section 
of worker brood cells; ¢, diagram showing transition cells. Natural size. ~ 
the honey stores, except such as they can carry in their honey stom- 
achs, the brood, some workers, drones, several queen cells, from 
which will later emerge young queens, but no adult queen. By this 
interesting process the original colony is divided into two. 
The swarm finds a new location in some place, such as a hollow tree, 
or, if cared for by the bee keeper, in a hive. The workers build new 
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