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after taking away their queens, be returned to the stocks whence 

 they issued. 



As third swarms are usually attended by several queens, it 

 mves trouble to hive the swarm and let it stand by the old stock 

 until the next morning, when all but one of the queens will be 

 killed and the remaining queen may be found by jarring the bees 

 on a sheet. 



When after-swarms are expected, the apiary must be closely 

 matched. First swarms seldom issue earlier than nine o'clock or 

 3ater than three, and usually choose a fine clear day. Not so 

 with after swarms. They are liable to issue at almost any time 

 luring the day, and often in cloudy weather. They are apt to 

 go farther from the hive to cluster than first swarms, and, being 

 very small, are not always found unless seen while upon the wing. 

 Second swarms ordinarily issue in from eight to twelve days from 

 the first; and all after-swarms must be out by the eighteenth 

 day, after which no. more swarms need be looked for from that 

 hive, unless a "buckwheat swarm" is thrown off in August, 

 which is an unusual occurrence. 



LOSS OF QUEENS. 



Jf a queen is lost or removed from a colony, when there are 

 eggs or young larva? in the worker combs and drones in the api- 

 ary, the workers almost immediately commence constructing queen 

 cells to repair the loss. In due time a queen comes forth, and 

 when every rival in the hive, whether mature or in embryo, has 

 oeen destroyed, the remaining queen must run some risk of be- 

 ing lost in her flight to meet the drones for impregnation. Like- 



