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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 8. 



accommodate them. But bees do not 

 act uniformly, and when they " settle " 

 without the queen, and sullj too long, 

 say 15 or 20 minutes, I take them in 

 for fear some sort of queen may have 

 fallen in with the swarm. 



J. A. Green — I think I have known 

 them to remain clustered for two hours 

 under such circumstances. As there is 

 always a chance that they may have a 

 queen with them, I would advise hiving 

 them if they do not return inside of half 

 an hour. 



Wm. McEvoy — Yes, the swarms some- 

 times cluster on a tree when they have 

 no queen with them, but such swarms 

 often return in less than five minutes. 

 If the bees remain very quiet for five 

 minutes after they have clustered, you 

 would better hive them, as there will be 

 a queen with them 19 times out of 20. 



J. E. Pond — I have had several swarms 

 alight and then go back again, usually 

 from 20 minutes to an hour. In one 

 case where the swarm left without the 

 queen to my certain knowledge, it was 

 about one-half hour before they re- 

 turned. This Is the only case in which 

 I knew the queen did not alight with the 

 swarm. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — They rarely clus- 

 ter at all unless a queen is with them. 

 For several years I have practiced plac- 

 ing a tumbler over the queen on the 

 alighting-board when a swarm issues, 

 and never but once or twice have known 

 them to attempt to cluster without her. 

 When the queen goes with the swarm, 

 so much depends upon circumstances 

 that the length of time they will remain 

 clustered varies Indefinitely. 



E. France — I have seen them stay two 

 hours. If you want to hive them, pick 

 up the queen, put her in a cage, put the 

 cage with the swarm if the swarm can 

 be reached ; If you cannot reach the 

 swarm, move the old colony away, then 

 put the hive you want them in on the 

 old stand, with the frames, and place 

 the queen In the cage, and the swarm 

 will soon come to her ; then liberate the 

 ■ijueen, and give them a frame of young 

 brood. 



Itneens anO. <(ueeii-Rearins:.— 



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