212 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



but if they had been properly divided, the only loss 

 would be the embryo queen. 



To sprinkle bees with water in the manner de- 

 scribed renders it quite easy to find the queen ; in 

 fact, their motions can be entirely controlled thereby. 

 Permit me again to caution all who hive swarms to 

 keep both the hive and cluster well shaded from the 

 sun. Hives, before being used, should be kept in a 

 cool, shady place, else they may be too hot. Be 

 careful to ventilate the hive well when the swarm 

 is put in. Should there be any necessary delay after 

 the swarm clusters before it can be hived, sprinkle it 

 well with cold water, which will keep them quiet for 

 some time. 



AFTER-SWARMS. 



Piping (peep ! peep !) — a sound emitted by young 

 queens, similar to that made by a very young chicken, 

 only in a much finer key — usually commences about 

 the ninth day from the issuing of the first swarm, 

 and continues at short intervals until the twelfth or 

 thirteenth day. Within this period of four days, if 

 the weather is favorable, a swarm is likely to issue ; 

 in fine weather most probably on the tenth or 

 eleventh day. After the third night's warning, a 

 swarm is likely to emerge even should the weather 

 be indifferent, and such as would prevent a top- 

 swarm from leaving the hive. 



Bevan says : " Unless the royal voice can be heard 

 about the period above stated, no after-swarm will 

 issue. From an extensive observation made by my- 

 self and friends, in our respective apiaries, I may 



