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clipped, she cannot fly, and can easily be found. Put her 

 in ;i queen cage, a supply of wlucli should always be at 

 hand. As soon as the bees have all issued, remove the 

 old hive from the stand and put a new one in its place, 

 covering it with the same roof, to identify the spot, and 

 place the caged queen at the entrance. Carry the old 

 hive to the stand occupied by the nucleus, and put it in 

 its place. Open the nucleus, find and cage the queen, 

 and place her in the old hive between two combs. Next 

 shake all the bees from the nucleus in front of this hive, 

 and take these combs to the old stand, and if the work 

 has been done so quickly that the swarm has not yet com- 

 menced to return, place these combs at the center, or, 

 better, alternate them with empty combs. As the swarm 

 returns, release the queen, and permit lier to enter with 

 the rest. The queen in the other hive may be liberated 

 the next day. Care must be observed that the bees do 

 not enter adjacent hives, which will frequently happen. 

 Several light sheets should always be at hand to spread 

 over such hives as they may attempt to enter. 



When bees leave the hive in swarming, they seem to 

 relinquish all claims to the old location. I have known 

 them to enter several adjoining hives. They are usually 

 readily accepted at such times, as they are filled with 

 honey. The practice of clipping the queen's wings, and 

 hiving swarms thus, is advocated by some, for the assign- 

 ed reason that if several swarms issue at the same time, 

 they would separate and return to their respective hives, 

 thus saving much trouble. With this, my experience 

 does not coincide, particularly if the bees attempt to 

 alight, which two or more swarms together are much 

 more likely to do. Such are quite apt to all return to one 

 hive, and usually to one of those from which they issued, 

 yet these too, will often scatter, and enter different hives. 

 This I offer as an objection to this plan. As it is essen- 

 tially the same in result as the first method suggested in 



