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tapping on the hiving-board will make them do so. Some 
operators wedge up the body-box so as to afford a freer entrance 
to the bees, but this should not be done, as there is a risk of 
crushing the queen when afterwards lowering the body-box. 
When all the bees have entered the hive, the operation has 
been completed. 
For signs of queenlessness see par. 145. If the queen has been 
lost in hiving a swarm, the swarm will 
77. Queen lost when immediately return to its own hive, if the 
Hiving. hive is in the neighbourhood ; if, however, 
the swarm has been brought from a place 
more than two miles distant, if possible introduce a queen (158), 
or a frame bearing a queen cell containing a young queen, or 
carrying eggs or young larve. 
On the day after hiving a swarm, or as soon after that 
Wea as possible, ascertain if any foundation 
.78, Examination of pha; broken down in the hive; for instruc- 
Bixe in Hiving tions as to opening and examining hive 
OP Rear see Section IV. Having subdued the bees, 
draw back the dummy so as to afford space to permit of the frames 
being drawn back and examined one by one. If the foundation 
or comb of any frame has broken down, hold the frame over the 
body-box, and with a sharp jerk, shake, or with a feather, brush 
the bees off it into the hive ; then insert a fresh frame of founda- 
tion in place of the frame withdrawn. 
The length of time which should elapse before inserting a frame 
to spread the brood chamber (90) after 
hiving a- swarm will vary very much 
according to circumstances, but as it is a 
bad practice to open hives oftener than is 
necessary for examination, it may be stated, as affording some 
guidance to the beginner, that if a swarm of about four pounds 
weight has been hived on say four frames, and that the weather 
continues favourable and the honey flow is good, the hive 
should be examined on the eighth day after hiving to ascertain 
if another frame is required. For instructions as to inserting 
a frame, see ‘“ Brood-spreading” (90). If after hiving a 
a swarm the weather is unfavourable for gathering honey, it 
may be necessary to feed the bees (108) ; after brood-spreading, 
it will be necessary to attend to supering (XIII). 
As already stated, it will sometimes occur that owing to threat- 
see ening rain, limited daylight, or other 
80. Hiving a Swarm circumstances, it is desirable that hiving 
__ by Casting Bees should be performed rapidly; in such 
SE an SpA eE: Koses prepare the hive for receiving a 
swarm (75), remove the roof but not the lift, damp the 
tops of the shoulders of the frames and dummy and 
the channel beneath with subduing solution (180), to deter 
the bees from crawling out over them, draw the dummy 
to the back of the body-box and spread the frames, 
79. Treatment of 
Stock after Hiving 
a Swarm. 
