2.96 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
others. ‘The repeated issues occasioned by the 
presence of supernumerary young queens, although 
there has previously been a rapid development of 
brood, not only leaves a hive comparatively de- 
populated, but the succession of interregnums is 
mischievous as operating to suspend, not breeding 
alone, but almost entirely the gathering of honey. 
A different kind of instinct appears to direct the 
bees from what is observable at the time of the 
original issue; for the young queens will depart in 
weather that would be thought unfavourable for the 
issuing of an old one. This seems as if it might 
possibly be owing to the fact that both the reigning 
queen and the bulk of her colony are young and 
inexperienced; and in strict keeping herewith we 
find that there is evidently less of foresight as 
regards the future place of abode. Where so much 
of prudence and seeming intelligence are discernible 
in all the proceedings of these wonderful insects, it 
is hardly to be expected that mere chance should 
direct on so important an occasion as the change 
of residence; a first swarm therefore issues scouts 
or pioneers to seek out a place of abode, although 
when it suddenly finds itself in a comfortable 
dwelling, by the act of hiving, it is rarely inclined to 
relinquish it. A hive containing a few combs, 
placed in the season near an apiary, is almost 
certain to receive a colony, which will sometimes fly 
to it at once, without any previous clustering.* The 
* In the garden of a friend stood an untenanted hive, in which were 
a few empty couibs. : Some straggling strange bees were observed 
hovering about and in it for several successive days ; and, at my sug: 
