HIVING THE SWARMS 103 
the brood nest and cut out all queen cells but one. There will 
then be little danger of further swarming. (See Swarm Control 
under Comb Honey, Chapter IX.) 
In small apiaries, operated as a side line, natural swarming 
will often prove to be the most desirable plan of increasing. If 
the bees are run for comb honey, the number of colonies are likely 
to double each favorable 
season, and sometimes 
there will be more than 
double the number of col- 
onies at the close of the 
season that there were in 
the beginning. The exten- 
sive honey producer who 
makes bee-keeping a busi- 
ness, however, will wish to 
look for more certain meth- 
ods of making increase. 
Hiving the Swarms.— 
Hiving the swarms is 
usually a very simple mat- 
ter. If the queens are 
clipped the hive from 
which the swarm issued 
may be removed, and the 
swarm allowed to return to 
the new hive set in its place 
as mentioned in a preced- Fre. 51.—Hiving swarm in straw skep in Europe. 
ing paragraph. 
If the queens are not clipped, the swarm will be Wkely to 
settle on a tree or on some other object near at hand. Small 
fruit trees about the apiary furnish the best clustering places, 
as the swarms can be taken down very readily (Figs. 5 and 52). 
If a comb containing brood is placed in the new hive, there is 
less danger that they will come out again and leave. Every 
