it is still unnecessary to have the swarm issue from the hive un- 
controlled and possibly be lost. 
If someone can surely be present when the swarm issues to care 
for the queen, her wing or wings may be cut off rendering her un- 
able to fly with the issuing swarm. The attendant may then find 
the queen on the ground in front of the hive, put her in a small 
wire cloth cage for safety, remove the hive which cast the swarm 
to a new stand about 10 feet away and place a new hive prepared 
for a swarm where the old one stood. Presently the swarm will 
miss its queen, return to the old stand and, as they run in the entrance, 
their queen may be released and allowed to go in with them and 
the hiving is done. However, should there be another queen on the 
wing at this time the swarm will probably go off with her. 
Artificial Swarms 
The actual issuance of the swarm with its attendant uncertainty 
may be avoided. During the season when swarms may normally 
be expected, a weekly examination should be made of all colonies 
which have attained the strength which would warrant their making 
swarm preparations. If at these examinations there is found a queen 
cell with only an egg or very small larva this may be destroyed 
and normally the colony is safe for another week. If the ventila- 
tion and comb room needs of the colony are given proper attention 
the colony may make no further swarm preparations, but this must 
be determined by subsequent examinations. When swarm queen cells 
are discovered at a stage beyond that where it can be reasonably 
expected that their destruction will result in the colony abandoning 
further swarm preparations, the cells may be left until sealed. Then 
the queen with the frame on which she is found can be placed in a 
hive prepared for a swarm and placed on the stand of the old colony 
after having moved the old colony to a new stand. The bees from 
3 or 4 frames of the old colony should be shaken in front of the 
new colony. These, with the returning field bees, will constitute 
the “swarm.” Do not shake a comb on which is a queen cell to be 
kept, but carefully brush off the bees from such a comb. Shaking 
may cause the queen to emerge from the cell with faulty wings. Be- 
ing unable to fly she will become a “drone layer” and therefore 
will be useless. 
After Swarms 
The old fertilized queen goes out with the prime swarm. A 
colony may send out a second or third swarm and even fourth swarms 
may occur. Normal swarms after the first are headed by a virgin 
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