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the colony in the same manner as is done with the natural swarm. 
Under the same conditions the subsequent behavior of a colony 
treated in this way is similar to that of a natural swarm. In either 
case there has been a break in the continuity of the emergence of 
young bees in the hive during a period of three weeks. 
Instead of hiving a natural swarm upon empty combs or frames of 
foundation, combs of emerging brood (without queen cells) taken from 
a colony that has been queenless during a period of 10 to 15 days may 
be used (p. 33) and a similar condition may be had without swarming 
by removing all of the brood and substituting such combs of emerging 
brood, thus at least temporarily avoiding swarming. In these cases 
there is a break of 10 to 15 days in the continuity of the daily 
emergence of bees. 
A similar interruption of brood rearing may be accomplished by 
removing the queen from the hive or caging her within the hive during 
a period of 10 days or 2 weeks, then returning her to the combs. In 
this case no queen cells must of course be allowed to mature. A con- 
dition similar to this may be obtained without removing the queen by 
dividing the brood chamber into two parts with queen-excluding 
metal, for a period of 10 to 15 days. The brood from the division 
containing the queen is then removed and the bees, together with the 
queen, shaken into the other (queenless) division, the queen cells if 
any being first destroyed. The brood thus removed may later be 
returned to the colony in the form of young bees in the usual manner 
(p. 29). Even the destruction of the sealed brood by uncapping it 
has been advised as a means of swarm control. This gives a period of 
about 12 days during which few or no young bees emerge. 
These methods are illustrative of the principle employed in the 
various methods of control by manipulation, which may be classified 
under three general headings: (1) Taking the queen from the hive. 
(2) Taking the brood from the hive. (3) Separating the queen and 
brood within the hive. ‘ 
The following methods of swarm control are given for the purpose 
of illustrating the various types of control by manipulation. It is 
not to be understood that all the methods given are equally adaptable 
to any locality or season, but it is hoped that, presented in this way, 
the beekeeper may more readily see the principle underlying each plan 
as well as the basic principle underlying all the plans and thereby be 
better enabled to elaborate a system of control to meet his particular 
requirements. 
TAKING THE QUEEN FROM THE HIVE. 
The temporary removal of the queen from the colony for the 
required time (p. 36) and the return of the same queen is a method 
which has been used in swarm control. Of course, no queen cells 
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