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process of the preceding operation, it is well to set 
an empty hive (or it may have a few combs) on the 
site just before occupied by the parent stock. The 
bees will be in no very placid mood, and this piece 
of deception has a tendency to divert their attention 
temporarily, till the re-establishment of their old 
house restores them to their proper quarters. They 
will then be transferred as described in the previous 
section; and the same will be done with the driven 
swarm if it is not now in its permanent hive. 
Some operators so far depart from the mode of 
proceeding we have described as to prefer placing 
the newly driven swarm, possessing the queen, on 
the old site. In such case the original stock-hive 
is removed to a little distance, and the entrance 
door stopped up, but the bottom edge sufficiently 
raised to admit a sufficiency of air only, with but 
little of light or sun. The bees thus confined are 
left undisturbed during two days, and will probably 
have spent their time in founding a prospective new 
monarchy. They may then be safely again trusted 
abroad, for in their anxiety about the requirements 
of the provisional government, they will no more 
trouble their old companions. Another variation of 
plan, recommended by some, is, instead of shutting 
up either portion of the bees, immediately to convey 
those driven into the new hive to a distance of not 
less than a mile, leaving the original position for 
the old one.* 
* T may here not inappropriately call attention to a subject touched 
upon by Mr. Golding. His remarks are borne out by my own observa- 
tion ; and I believe it would be for mutual benefit were bee-keepers 
resident a few miles apart, occasionally to exchange swarms in the 
