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bottom board at the entrance to the hive. I continue shaking 
out a few ata time till the bees commence running into the 
hive, when the box may be emptied in front by degrees. It 
is as well not to shake all the bees in front at once or they 
may rise again and give extra trouble. A few bees will be 
sure to rise and settle again in the same place, but unless there 
is a large cluster no notice need be taken of them, for when 
they find the queen not there they will soon go in search of 
her, and hearing the joyous hum of their companions entering 
the hive will soon join them. If by any chance the queen 
should not have entered the hive, the fact may soon be known by 
the bees running about in all directions in search of her, and 
led by them the bee-keeper will soon discover her whereabouts, 
when he must take steps to get her in, and the bees will soon 
follow. After all the bees are in the hive, it may be shifted 
at once to its permanent stand from whence it was removed, 
or it may be left till evening. I prefer shifting it at once. 
I have fouad the above plan of hiving swarms the best of 
any I have yet tried. Some recommend leaving the hive in 
its permanent position, and carrying the swarm to be shaken 
out in front of it; but with me this plan has not been at all 
successful. A large number of bees are sure to rise again and 
fly back to the place where they were brought from, when 
they are lost to the new colony, whereas, if they are hived at 
the spot, those that rise will soon find their way back to their 
queen. 
Mr. Mulvany describes his mode of hiving swarms as 
follows :— 
‘<The mouth of the sack, or the box itself with the sacking drawn 
back, according to circumstances, is held around or just under the 
cluster, and the bees shaken or brushed into the box, which is then 
laid on the ground, mouth downwards, but partly raised, until all 
stragglers have found out and joined the queen in the box. When all 
the bees are secured, the sacking is drawn forwards, gathered in one — 
hand, and tied with a string as near the mouth of the box as possible. 
The swarm can then be carried anywhere, accurately weighed (which 
I consider one of the conveniences of the plan), and either hived at 
once or hung up in a shady place till required. When brought to the 
hive, which is already in its place and provided with frames of founda- 
tion, comb, or honey and brood as desired, the cover is lifted off. the 
end of the sacking drawn over the opened hive, the string untied { and 
the bees shaken down on top of the frames. The entrance of the hive 
may be stopped loosely with cotton wadding, and the bees left to 
