HIVE MANAGEMENT 99 



While the swarm is out of the parent 

 hive it should be set to one side and its 

 place taken by a new hive body contain- 

 ing empty brood frames. The supers 

 which were on the parent hive are now 

 placed on the substitute hive body. If the 

 bees return of their own accord they real- 

 ize that there has been a change in the old 

 house and that things look pretty empty 

 around the diggings which they so re- 

 cently left in a crowded condition. As a 

 result they settle down to work and forget 

 about swarming for the rest of the season. 

 If they do not return of their own accord 

 but settle on some low bush to which the 

 queen has crawled, the cluster should be 

 removed by cutting off the branch to 

 which it clings and be carried over to the 

 entrance of the new hive. A newspaper 

 spread on the ground in front of the hive 

 will be of assistance at this point. The 

 branch is then given a vigorous downward 

 jerk and the mass of bees thrown on to the 

 paper. They quickly crawl in at the hive 



