300 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
matters in this position for two or three days, | 
have usually found, on withdrawing the zine divider, 
that no disturbance has ensued. 
Swarms upon the wing have an affinity for each 
other and will unite of their own accord upon 
recognition. Mr. Langstroth utilised this proclivity 
by stringing dead bees together upon a_ bush 
selected as being convenient for the hiving of a 
swarm. <A piece of dark cloth, or anything resem- 
bling a cluster, may be found to answer equally well. 
Prevention of Afler-swarms.—Where the construc- 
tion of the hive admits of it, no doubt the 
repetition of swarming may be prevented by de- 
priving it of the royal cells. Under the head 
“Frame Hives” we have alluded to the facilities 
given for objects like this; and if the purpose is to 
restore the first swarm to the stock, it may be 
carried out immediately on the issuing of the 
swarm, when but a small portion of the bees will 
be remaining at home. Let the crown-board be 
removed and the frames extracted as directed on 
page 192. Cut out the queen-cells as you proceed, 
replacing the frames. A quarter of an hour will 
suffice for the operation. In the meanwhile, the 
swarm may be hived in the usual way, and 
afterwards permanently returned; for the queen has 
now no prospective rival to involve her tarriance at 
home in the necessity of fighting for her life. Or 
again, as Mr. Golding says, “after the first swarm 
is gone off, subsequent ones may be prevented in 
this way: so soon as the long note of piping has 
been heard, cut away at the royal cells. The young 
