144 HANDY BOOK OF BEES. 



united, as one queen -woolcl answer for both. And in 

 other ways queenless swarms can be used up. They can 

 be united to weak hives and small -swarms, and removed 

 to a distance for a while. But if the owner wishes to 

 keep them separate, he has only to give them an egg or 

 two, so that they may rear a queen of their own. 



