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If for any reason the procedure recommended in paragraph 96 
cannot be adopted, and yet that it is 
97. Returning Swarm desired not to increase the number of stocks, 
to Parent Stock. the swarm should be hived in a box or skep 
and kept therein in a cool place until 
evening, when it should be returned to the parent stock, as when 
hiving a swarm. Before returning the swarm, examine the 
parent stock and remove all queen cells; if desired remove 
completed crates ; then put a frame of foundation in the centre, 
if necessary removing a front or back frame to provide room. 
If a hive is being worked for extracting, transfer to the super- 
box of the extracting hive as many frames of brood as 
may be removed in accordance with the instructions given in 
paragraph 98, 
If, as is improbable, the swarm issued from a hive which had 
been supered with frames for extracting, or 
98. Treatment of from one which had not been supered, but 
Swarm which issues which it is intended to work for extracting, 
from Hive Supered the procedure would be slightly different ; 
for Extracting. still assuming that it is not desired to in- 
crease the stocks, first, in the case of a 
hive supered for extracting, instead of transferring the frames 
from the parent hive to a box as directed in paragraph 96, 
remove from the super-box as many frames as are fit for removal 
for extracting, extract them, and in their place transfer from the 
brood chamber to the super-box as many of the most advanced 
brood frames, not exceeding six, as there is room for in the super- 
box, removing all queen cells from them. Next examine 
the remaining frames in the brood chamber and remove all 
queen cells; then place three or four frames of foundation in 
the brood chamber, alternating them with the frames left therein ; 
fit an extension board (95) behind the dummy to fill the space 
under the doubling box left vacant by the removal of frames ; 
replace the super, and then return the swarm to the parent hive 
by the entrance (76). 
If the hive which swarmed had not been supered, but is to be 
worked for extracting, and has been so far 
properly treated, and is therefore fit for 
: _ ©... supering, hive the swarm in a box (97), 
meee Sere fice act according to the instructions given 
for Extracting. in paragraph 120, and then return the 
swarm to the hive by the entrance ('76). 
99. Treatment of 
Swarm issuing from 
Casts are swarms which issue after the first swarm (12). If 
honey production is the first consideration, 
100. Treatment of they should be suppressed as much as 
Casts. possible by adopting the treatment recom- 
mended in paragraphs 18, 95, 96 ; but 
if the object is to produce swarms for sale, the first or even 
subsequent casts may be taken by experienced bee-keepers 
