WHY BEES SWARM 



in the grass in her endeavor to join the swarm, 

 and can be picked up with the bare fingers, 

 as she will not sting, and removed to the house. 

 A new hive being placed on the stand occupied 

 by the one from which the swarm emerged, and 

 the old swarm having returned and entered 

 the new hive, the queen can be thrown in at 

 the entrance; thus the hive swarm is hived 

 without the owner having to handle it at all. 



The "shook swarm" plan insures the bee- 

 keeper an abundance of beeswax after the 

 combs have been rendered, and as this can be 

 exchanged for sheets of foundation, it is an 

 item worth considering. 



The late Captain Hetherington of Cherry 

 Valley, N.Y., one of the most extensive keepers 

 of bees in his day, whose apiaries, scattered all 

 over the country, numbered as many as three 

 thousand colonies, had a plan of swarm control 

 that he found satisfactory: the removal or 

 caging of the queen during the swarming 

 season. Some beemen contended that a 

 swarm would not work as well with its queen 



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