268 QUEEN REARING. 
morning, to supply the place of those which will return to 
the parent stock. . 
523. In every case, when a swarm has left its hive for 
another quarter, each bee, as she sallies out, flies with her 
head turned towards it, that by marking the surrounding 
objects, she may find her way back. If, however, the bees 
did not emigrate of their own free will, most of them appear- 
ing to forget, or not knowing, that their location has been 
changed, return to their familiar spot; for it would seem 
that 
: “A “bee removed’ against her will, 
{s of the same opinion still.” 
Should the Apiarist, ignorant of this fact, place the nu- 
cleus on a new stand without providing it with a sufficient 
number of young bees, it would lose so many of the bees 
which ought to be retained in it, that mo-t of its unsealed 
brood would perish from neglect. 
If the comb used in forcing such a nucleus was removed 
at a time of day when the bees would be likely to return to 
the parent stock, they should be confined to the hive, until 
it is too late for them to leave; andif the number of bees, just 
emerging from their cells, is not large, the entrance to the 
hive should be closed, until about an hour before sun et of 
the next day but one. The hive containing this small col- 
ony, should be properly venti ated, and shaded—if thin— 
from the intense heat of the sun; it should always be well 
supplied with honey. The space unoccupied in the hive 
should be separated from the nucleus by a division board 
(349). 
524. Beginners must remember that it is better to have 
these small nuclei strong with bees; but, in giving them 
young bees, care should be taken not to give them the queen. 
If a nucleus is made at mid-day, nearly all the bees given 
to it will be young bees, as the old bees are then in the 
field. ° 
