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act of destroying the young queens in the cells, after- 
swarms, often called casts, may be expected. Her at- 
tempts to destroy her rivals will continue frequently for 
sixteen hours, and in her anger she utters a sound simi- 
lar to the peeping of a young turkey. If the bee- 
keeper approaches the hive in the evening, when all 
surrounding noises have ceased, and carefully places his 
ear against the hive, this noise may be heard distinctly, 
if the hive contains what some call “ a peeping queen.” 
If this sound is heard, a swarm may be expected the 
next day ; as the queen, failing in her intended des- 
truction of her rivals, rushes from the hive, accompa- 
nied by a portion of the worker-bees. Second swarms 
usually issue on the ninth day after first swarming, of- 
ten regardless of the state of the weather. While an 
old queen of a first swarm can never be induced to 
leave the hive with a swarm unless the weather is favor- 
able, young queens of arter-swarms often issue even 
when slightly raining, and usually go further before 
they alight, and are generally lost, unless seen in the 
act of swarming ; their cluster being usually small and 
not easily found. 
If, after the issue of a second swarm, more than one 
occupied queen-cell remains in the hive, and enough 
workers are left behind to resist the queen next hatched 
in her attempt to destroy the other cells, the peeping 
can again be heard, usually on the evening 
