SWARMING.—Chapter XI. 
Here is a swarm easily captured by moving 
a hive beneath it and shaking it on to a 
sheet placed about the entrance. 
The wire entrance-guard does 
not trap the queen when a swarm 
issues, but simply prevents her 
from leaving the hive, thus com- 
pelling the bees to return exactly 
as they would do in case the 
queen’s wings were clipped. The 
objection is the same as that to 
the queen trap. 
Swarming Out. 
After a swarm has been hived 
it sometimes deserts the new hive. 
This is called “swarming out.” 
This may oceur the day the swarm 
is hived, or the next day and 
sometimes even on the third day 
after hiving. It may occur either 
with natural swarms or with arti- 
ficial swarms. Swarming out apparently is often caused by a lack of room 
in the new hive or by discomfort from some other cause, though occasion- 
ally a newly hived swarm may leave the hive when no cause for their dis- 
satisfaction is apparent. This trouble may be prevented or greatly reduced 
by placing an empty hive-body, without frames, below the new brood- 
chamber for two or three days, by providing ample ventilation and shade 
for the new hive at the time of hiving the swarm, and by using one or more 
empty combs (which have been used previously for brood-rearing) in the 
new brood-chamher instead of frames of foundation exclusively. Combs 
of unsealed 
brood are not 
recommended 
for this pur- 
pose. Entrance 
guards or queen- 
traps may be 
placed on the 
entrance of the 
new hive for a 
few days to pre- 
vent the queen’s 
escaping, if 
newly hived 
swarms are in- 
clined to swarm 
out, but the 
trouble usually 
can be prevent- 
ed by making 
provision for 
The beekeeper just naturally looks for the queen as the swarm 
runs into the hive. 
