64 SWARMING AND HIVING. 



bees after flying about for perhaps five or ten min- 

 utes, will return to the hive whence they came, 

 and remain until the young queens hatch, issuing 

 again, about the time a second swarm would have 

 come out, or perhaps a little earlier. 



If you are on hand you can prevent the swarm re- 

 turning, but you must be lively. If you find the 

 bees are flying longer than usual without clustering, 

 and appear scattered and disorganized in their 

 movements, look in front of the hive from which 

 they issue, for the queen. You will probably find 

 her within two or three feet of the hive. Put her 

 in a tumbler, and cover closely to prevent her es- 

 cape. As soon as you find the bees have com- 

 menced to return to the old hive, set it back out 

 of the way, and throw a sheet or some other cov- 

 ering over it.* Then set your Controllable Hive in 

 its place, with the bottom board drawn back as 

 directed in hivmg a new swarm. Set the tumbler 

 containing the queen over the brood section, so the 

 confined queen can pass down into the hive, but 

 leaving no chance for her to escape by any other 

 way. The bees will then enter the hive readily. 

 And as soon as all are in, which will be in 

 a few minutes, remove the hive to a new stand 

 and shade as directed before. Set the old stock 

 back in its place. 



The foregoing circumstance often happens when 



*If other hives are near, on each side, it will be well to throw the cov- 

 ering over them also, to prevent the BwaiTn entering any other than 

 the designed hive, as they might possibly do, if the hives were only a 

 few feet distant. 



