174 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
as we procced, the various substances stored or used 
in a hive, and collected more or less abundantly, 
according to circumstances and season. 
Should the weather now be fine, operations are 
commenced with astonishing activity, the bees being 
at first solely intent on preparing their new dwelling 
for its intended objects—the rearing of young, and 
storing supplies for the future requirements of the 
family. If, however, circumstances are such as to 
prevent them from quitting the hive for several 
successive days following swarming, and_ before 
provision is accumulated, recourse to feeding becomes 
expedient, or starvation might ensue. Under any 
circumstances, some apiculturists have advised giving 
a syrup of sugar to a newly-hived colony; such 
syrup to be prepared as explained under ‘ Spring Feed- 
ing” (page 276)—not the one specified in an earlier 
position under ‘‘ Autumn,” which is not sufficiently 
liquid for the insects in seasons of full flight. It 
is well known that, on leaving the parent stock, the 
bees carry with them a good deal of honey. There 
is little doubt that the main object in this provident 
proceeding is to enable them at once to commence 
the work of building: this they do almost as soon 
as they are hived, a piece of comb being frequently 
made on the same day, which is as quickly appro- 
priated, either as a receptacle of honey or of eggs, 
if the queen is already fertile. Where a young queen 
has accompanied the swarm, such is not always the 
case, and this occasions a delay in laying of several 
days. 
The entrance of the hive should now (and at all 
