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if left to themselves, the bees after flying about for per- 
haps five or ten minutes will return to the hive whence 
they came, and remain until the young queens hatch, 
issuing again about the time a second swarm would have 
come out, or perhaps a little earlier. 
If you are on hand you can prevent the swarm 
returning, but you must be lively. If you find the bees 
are flying longer than usual without clustering, and 
appear scattered and disorganized in their movements, 
look in front of the hive from which they issue for the 
queen. You will probably find her within two or three 
feet of the hive. Put her in a tumbler, and cover closely 
to prevent her escape. As soon as you find the bees 
have commenced to return to the old hive, set it back 
out of the way, and throw a sheet or some other covering 
over it.* Then set your Controllable Hive in its place, 
with the bottom board drawn back as directed in hiving 
a new swarm. Set the tumbler containing the queen 
over the brood section, so the confined queen can pass 
down into the hive, but leaving no chance for her to 
escape by any other way. The bees will then enter the 
hive readily. And as soon as all are in, which will be 
in a few minutes, remove the hive to a new stand and 
shade as directed before. Set the old stock back in its 
place. 
*If other hives are near, on each side, it will be well to throw the covering 
over them also, to prevent the swarm entering any other than the designed 
hive, as they might possibly do, if the hives were only a few feet distant. 
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