268 QUEEN REABING. 



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 ovmfree 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, 

 Is 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 Iq it, that most of its unsealed 

 brood would perish from neglect. 



If the comb used in forcing such a wwcZews 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 ; and if 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 sunset 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). 



624. 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. 



