242 SWARMING. 



where they are to remain ; any bees that are left fly- 

 ing, will return to the parent hive so that there are 

 none lost. When the swarm is left till night, as is 

 generally the case, on the following day hundreds of 

 bees will be seen hovering around where they had 

 been hived, and had marked their new home, as com- 

 pletely as if they had never known any other. 



The previous directions, if promptly followed, will 

 enable the bee-keeper to complete the operation and 

 have the hive on the stand within thirty minutes from 

 the time the swarm begins to issue. 



A swarm managed in this way, will seldom leave 

 for the woods ; not having received the report of the 

 " committee on location" they have no desire for a 

 change. 



REGULATE THE NUMBER OF SWARMS. 



If only one swarm in a season is wanted from a 

 hive, it is to be opened on the fifth or sixth day after 

 sending forth the swarm, and all the queen cells 

 removed except one. Immediately after a second 

 swarm departs, all the queen cells but one can be 

 destroyed, to prevent a third. The one left in either 

 case is to supply the parent hive. 



AFTER-MANAGEMENT. 



Ill sixteen days from the first swarm leaving, ex- 

 change the combs from which the brood has emerged 

 in the parent hive, for new combs from the first 



