54 SWARMING AND HIVING. 
At evening of about the eighth or tenth day after the 
first swarm, by putting your ear close to the hive you 
will hear, very plainly every few minutes, several clear 
and distinct “peeping” sounds, very sharp at times, then 
hoarse and dull. This sound proceeds from the young 
queens just hatched. When it is heard, look out for a 
swarm the next day, though it sometimes happens that 
one or two days will intervene before they will issue. 
But as long as the sounds continue, be on the lookout 
for swarms. This “peeping” can always be heard before 
a second swarm issues, if we take the trouble to listen. 
The time between second and third swarms is invariably 
from one to four days. It is useless to look for after- 
swarms from a stock after twenty days from the first. 
They are generally ail out within sixteen days from the 
issue of the first swarm. I have given in another place, 
under the head of “Swarming Controlled,” instructions 
how to manage swarming under my new system. Some 
ndditional information I will give in this connection. 
Just before swarms are expected, if there are no trees 
aear your hives or if there are large trees from which it 
would be difficult to take a swarm of bees were they to 
cluster on the branches, procure several evergreen trees, 
such as spruce of fir, three or four feet high. Leave the 
limbs on, excepting about a foot at the bottom. Sharpen 
the trunks, so they can be set in the ground and lifted 
out with ease. With a bar make large holes, about a 
foot deep in front of your hives, some distant about six 
feet, others from twelve to thirty feet. Set a half-dozen 
