150 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
faculty of recognising queens quickly, his best course 
will be to pass all his bees into a twin hive — one 
capable of accommodating two stocks (Fig. 16, e.g.). 
Removing the division [d), giving as much internal 
capacity as possible, and putting a comb in each 
of the two opposite ends, will prepare the hive for 
the purpose. When the bees are all within, remove 
to a cool place, and in the morning the two swarms 
will probably be found self-divided, and centred 
around the widely-separated combs, and with their 
own queen in each case. The union of swarms and 
casts does not admit of such easy treatment, as 
an unimpregnated queen is not so acceptable as a 
fertile mother. It is helpful, in most cases, to give 
a frame containing eggs and larvae, and then, if the 
lot entering has no queen, it will remain. In a day 
or two, its condition can be ascertained by looking 
over the comb ; and, if queen-cells are found, a new 
mother may be given, as explained under “ Queen 
Introduction.^^ 
The importance of being able to verify the stock 
whence a swarm has issued must already have become 
apparent. This is not usually difficult, as, on the 
ground near the front of it, a number of young grey 
bees (page 126), which have been carried out in the 
stream, will be found wandering, or huddled together. 
An internal examination of the hive so indicated will 
confirm our supposition if we discover it to be queen- 
less, reduced in population, and possessed, as it almost 
certainly will be, of queen-cells, some of which are 
sealed, as at A, Fig. 43. 
In Chapter VI., the making and treatment of swarms 
