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guard afiainst more swarms coming forth before these 
are hived, blow a little smoke in each hive, which will 
slightly disturb them and give time for hiving before oth- 
ers issue. The new swarm must now be hived as quickly as 
possible, and if no other swarms have started, return to 
the first swarm, remove the sheet, and finish the hiving, 
the flying bees will join their respective swarms at the 
hive. If, however, two swarms should start together, 
they will usually unite on the wing and cluster together, 
and separating them is the next operation. If from 
want of inclination or time the bee-keeper does not de- 
sire to undertake this tedious job, they may be hived 
together, and if hived in a movable-comb hive, instead 
of closing the communication between the main hive 
and the honey boxes, they should be allowed to enter 
both at once. If hived together, one of the queens 
will be killed, and before winter the united swarm will 
not be stronger than each would have been if separa- 
ted, although the amount of honey stored by such 
a double swarm is usually fifty per cent, more than ob- 
tained by a single swarm. At the present price of 
bees it would pay well to separate them ; this may be 
done at the end of the week, if a movable-comb hive 
is used, by following the directions for making artificial 
swarms. If no movable-comb hive is used, they should 
be separated before hiving them. 
