BEE CULTURE. 69 
TroW TO ILIVE A SWARM. 
If the cluster be low, it is easily performed. The queen 
is usually in the lower part of the cluster, and by finding 
“her majesty,” and placing her into a hive, which should be 
placed conveniently near for tl:e purpose of hiving the swarm, 
and with a dipper, or any other convenient vesscl, place the 
bees down in front of the hive on a sheet, or picce of paper. 
They will then crawl into the hive, and, finding the quecn, 
be satisfied to remain. When the bees are in, place the hive 
where it is to remain ; a shaded position will be the best. If 
comb foundation (Fig. 29) be placed into the frames, it will 
be of very great advantage in comb building. 
If they have clustered on a branch or twig, a basket will 
be quite essential, into which to shake or brush the bees. If 
on a wall or fence, or on the trunk of a tree, brush them into 
the basket, and proceed to hive as before described. 
A frame of: brood and another of honey placed into the 
new hive will be of much advantage to the bees. The 
former will prevent the swarm from leaving the hive, and 
should the qucen be lost, it will give them the means of 
raising another, and the latter will give them a good start. 
By filling the other ‘frames’ with comb foundation, (Fig. 29) 
they will soon be in good condition and perfectly at home in 
their new quarters. ~~ 
Sometimes a swarm will make for the woods without clus- 
tering—but this is rarely the case. 
The beating of tin pans, and all such old-fogy notions, is, of 
course, of no avail; throwing a stream of water from a foun- 
tain pump is often done to bring down an absconding swarm, 
and cause them to alight and cluster. 
THE LOSS OF THE QUEEN. 
When the bees manifest a restless and uneasy disposition 
by running about the front of the hive and signaling each 
other, it is a sign that they have lost their queen, and they 
should be examined at once. 
Should a colony become queenless from any cause, three 
weeks may be gained by having an extra queen to give it at 
once. Upon examination, if no brood is found where the bees 
are clustering, the colony is queenlcss. At any time during 
