CONTENTS, IX 



1«cted-lrees apt to fly awoy In swarming. Bees properly cared for Boldom do it-. 

 Methods of arresting their flight when started, 148. Conduct of bees in disa<- 

 greeable hives, 149. Why bees a warm befqre selecting a new home. They 

 rarely cluster without the queen. Interesting experiment, I&O, Scouts to 

 search fur new abodes. Scouts aeiU out before andadter swarming, ISU Bees 

 remain awhile after alighting. Curious incident stated by Mr. Zollikoffer. Ne- 

 cessity of scouts. Considerations confirmed, 152. Re-population of the hive^ 

 153. Inability of bees to find their hive when it has been removed. After 

 swarms, 154. Different treatment to the cells of dead and living queens. Royal 

 larvJB sometimes protected agaiirat the queens. Anger of the queen at such in- 

 terference, 155. Second swarming, its indications. Time, 156. Double swarms. 

 Third swarm. After swarms seriously reduce the strength of the hive. Wise 

 arrangement, 157. After-swarming avoided by the improved hive. Impregna- 

 tion of queens. Dangerous for queens to mistake their own hives, 158. Pre- 

 cautions against this. Proper color for hives. Time of laying eggs. None but 

 worker eg^s, the first season, 159. Directions for hiving. Hives should be 

 painted and well dried. Bees reluctant to enter thin warm hives inthe sun, 160. 

 Management with Ihe improved Mves, 161. Drone comhs should never be used 

 as guide comb. Pleasure of bees in finding comb in their new quarters. Bees 

 never voluntarily enter empty hives. Rubbing the hive with herbs useless, 162, 

 Small trees or bushes in front of hives. Inexperienced Apiarian should wear a 

 bee-dress. Moderate dispatch in hiving needful, 163. Process of hiving partic- 

 ularly described, 161. Old method of hiving should be abandoned, 166. Impor- 

 tance of speedy hiving. Should be moved as soon as hived. Curious fact stated 

 by Dr. Scudamore, (note), 167. How to secure the queen. She does not sting. 

 Hiving before the hives are ready, 168. Anotli-er raet-hod of hiving. Natural 

 swarming profitable. Ofejectiona to natural swarming. Common hive gives 

 inadequate winter protection, 169. With it, the bees often swarm too much. 

 With the improved hive this is avoided. Disadv-antages of returning after- 

 swarms. Third objection, inability to strengthen small late swarms, 170. Evils 

 of feeble stocks. Fourth objection, loss of queen irreparable. By the new hive 

 her loss is easily supplied, 171. Fifth, common hiv«s inconvenient when bees 

 do not swarm. This olyection removed by the new hive. Sixth, the ravages of 

 the moth easily prevented by the improved hive. Seventh, the old queen, when 

 infertile, cannot be removed or replaced. Both can be done by the new hive, 172. 



CHAPTER X. 



(Two Chapters numbered x, by error of the !Press.) 

 Artificial Swarming. Numerous efiforts to dispense with natural swarm- 

 in". Difiiculties of natural swarming. First, many swarms are lost, 173. Sec- 

 ond, time and labor required. Sabtath labor, 174. Perplexities to farmers. 

 Third, large Apiaries cannot be established, 175. Fourth, uncertainty of swatm- 

 ing. Disapptrintments from this source, 176. Efforts to devise a sui^r method, 

 T78. Columellas's mode of obtaining swarms. Hyginus. Small Success which 

 attended those efforts, Shirach'a discovery, 179. Huber's directions. Not 

 adapted to general use. Dividing hives in tliis couotry unsuitable. Bees witft* 



