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WHEN THE BEES SWARM 



By E. I. FARRINGTON 



ALTHOUGH amateur bee-keepers are 

 likely to get excited when a colony 

 swarms, they no longer think of beating 

 tin pans and shouting in order to make 

 the flying creatures seek a resting place. 

 Swarming is not now the wonderfully 

 mysterious act of other days, and the bee- 

 keeper knows just what to do in order to 

 capture and hive the swarm. 



If the bees settle where they can be 

 reached, they should be immediately 

 sprinkled or sprayed — but not drenched — 

 with water. This will serve to prevent 

 their taking flight again at once. The 

 swarm usually settles on some object near 

 at hand when it first issues from the hive 

 and then wings its way to a spot favor- 

 ably reported on by the scouts as 

 adapted to home making. The bee-keeper 

 should capture the insects before they 

 start on the second or long flight. 



There should always be an empty hive 

 at hand, ready for emergencies. This 

 may be quickly filled with drawn comb 

 or starters and placed on the ground 

 under the bees. The next act is to spread 

 a cloth on the ground in front of the 

 hive and to shake the bees if possible, 

 or brush them if necessary, from their 

 temporary abiding place. The insects 

 will fall upon the cloth and if gently 

 urged with smoke will almost always run 

 into the hive. When they are all in, 

 a few puffs of smoke may be blown into 

 the entrance and the hive then left until 

 night, when it may be moved to its per- 

 manent stand. 



If the bees settle on a limb far above 

 the ground they cannot be readily 

 sprinkled, of course, and the bee-keeper 

 should work quickly. There are bee 

 catchers mounted on long poles into 

 which the swarm may be jarred from 

 below. Dealers in bee supplies carry this 

 apparatus, but a hoop around the mouth 

 of a bag and attached to a pole answers 

 about as well. 



Handling bees at swarming time is 

 accompanied by but little danger of 

 stings, even though the work is done 

 with bare hands. Before they leave the 

 hive, the insects gorge themselves with 

 honey, so that they are not able to easily 

 curve their bodies sufficiently to sting. 

 Moreover, they seem to be particularly 

 good natured at this time — as though 

 taking a rare holiday and disposed to be 

 at peace with all the world. This may be 

 a bit sentimental but at all events a 

 swarm of bees is not nearly so dangerous 

 as it appears. 



If there are a number of colonies in 

 the yard, it may be difficult to determine 

 which one has swarmed. Dr. H. A. Sur- 

 face, Pennsylvania's zoologist and an 

 expert bee-keeper, recommends the fol- 

 lowing plan to settle this matter: Put 

 some of the bees from the cluster into 

 a vessel and swing it in a circle several 

 times, then throw the bees into the air. 

 This treatment seems to bewilder the in- 

 sects and they will fly directly to the 

 hive which they occupied before they 

 came forth with the swarm. 



If, by chance, a sting should be re- 

 ceived, the barb should immediately be 

 brushed from the wound; otherwise, it 

 will continue to work its way into the 

 flesh and continue injecting poison. 

 Then smoke should be puffed over the 

 spot, for smoke seems to conceal the 

 odor of the poison. If other bees detect 

 this odor, they become excited and may 

 sting, too. 





