WHY BEES SWARM 



be the easiest thing in the world to set the hive 

 in place, and if the swarm is on a tree or 

 shrub, the branch to which they cling can 

 be cut or sawed off and the swarm shaken in 

 front of the empty hive, which they will be 

 glad enough to enter. 



If the swarm has clustered on a tree that 

 you consider too valuable to cut, or on a 

 fence or post, then take the new hive and place 

 it under the cluster and shake the bees in 

 front of it; or if on a post, brush them down 

 with a brush or whisk broom, both of which are 

 made for the purpose, and in a few minutes 

 all of the bees will enter the hive. 



Let them remain there until toward evening, 

 when the hive can be gently lifted and placed 

 on its permanent stand; and in the morning 

 you will find that they have their sentinels 

 posted, with the field bees going and coming 

 to and from the fields. 



In a few days one or more of the queen cells 

 in the old hive will bring forth a virgin who 

 in time will become mated, and thus you will 



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