100 AUSTRALIAN BEE LORE AND BEE CULTURE- 



Now, if you have been anything like in luck's way, the whole 

 process from the time the bees made their exit from the parent 

 hive to that when you hive your new swarm will not occupy more 

 than an hour. But to this statement I must make certain reser- 

 vations. Did the bees settle in an easy accessible place 2 Did 

 -they settle near the apiary % 



All here stated has reference to first or early swarms, which 

 are led by a pregnant queen, when there is a certain amount of 

 assurance that they will not abscond. Casts or after swarms — 

 those that come out with virgin queens — may give a little more 

 trouble than here detailed. 



