40 AN EASY METHOD OF 



The Queen is sometimes lost; when she 

 goes forth with a swarm, in consequence of 

 being too feeble to fly with her young colo- 

 ny ; in which case the bees return to their 

 parent stock in a few minutes. In fact all oc- 

 currences of this kind originate in the inabili- 

 ty of the Queen. If she returns to the old 

 stock, the swarm will come out again the next 

 day, if the weather is favorable. If the Queen 

 is too feeble to return, and the apiarian neg- 

 lects to look her up, and restore her to her 

 colony again, (which he ought to do,) the 

 bees will not swarm again until they have made 

 another, or are supplied, which may be done 

 immediately by giving them any spare Queen. 

 I have done it with €htir^ success, and never 

 failed in the experiment. 



The Queen, when lost in swarming, is ea- 

 sily found, unless the wind is so strong as to 

 have blown her a considerable distance. A 

 few bees are always found with her, which 

 probably serve as her aids, and greatly assist 

 the apiarian in spying her out. She is fre- 

 quently found near the ground, on a spire of 



