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days they will have built some comb, in which the 
queen will have deposited her eggs, which they will 
not leave, and may then be set on their stand. 
If the bees are hived in a movable-comb hive, they 
can be left on the stand, and the departure for the for- 
est prevented by furnishing them with a comb contain- 
ing unsealed brood and honey; this will enable the 
queen to deposit her eggs in the comb at once, and to 
make up the amount of bees that are lost, before the 
bees from the newly built combs are hatched, go to any 
stock of bees that can spare a comb, containing brood 
and honey, draw out a comb, brush all the bees back 
into the hive with a feather, look over the comb, and if 
it contains neither queen nor queen cell, place it in the 
hive containing the young swarm. This will greatly 
encourage the bees, and the honey in the comb will 
furnish them the necessary food, should bad weather 
prevent them from obtaining it abroad. 
HATCHING AND MATING OF THE YOUNG QUEENS. 
When queen-cells are constructed preparatory to 
swarming, (usually several,) often as many as thirteen 
are constructed by the workers, probably to make the 
Vvork sure, at intervals of one day In about eight days 
after a swarm has left a hive, the queen of the first 
constructed queen-cell will be matured and emerge. As 
