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The operation of separating swarms is very tedious, 
compared with the manner of separating them in a 
movable-comb hive ; that is, separating them by mak- 
ing a nucleus swarm. (See Nucleus Swarming.) 
TO PREVENT SWARMS FROM LEAVING THEIR 
HIVES. 
It is a frequent occurrence that natural swarms, after 
being hived, do not like to remain in the hive, but 
come forth like a swarm a second, time and are usually 
lost. This is occasionally caused by not having the 
queen with them ; in such cases the bees will cluster 
wherever the queen may be, and the operation of hiv- 
ing will have to be performed a second time. In mak- 
ing artificial swarms, difficulties like the above are 
never experienced, as the young swarm, from the first, 
have combs and brood, and are at once “set to house- 
keeping;” and if the improved system of nucleus 
swarming is practiced, they have, in addition to comb 
and brood, a young and fruitful queen, accustomed to 
the hive before the final swarming is performed. 
If the bees, which show signs of unwillingness to stay, 
are in a common hive, confine them to the hive, admit- 
ting air, carry them to a cool and dark cellar or out- 
house, provide them with honey diluted with water or 
thin sugar syrup ; this can be done best by the use of 
the Combined Feeder and Ventilator. After three 
