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drones. Full stocks, having lost their queen, must be 
driven from their combs. (See “Artificial Swarming.”) 
Sprinkle the other stock, to which they are added, with 
sweetened and scented water in their hive, and set 
them on a sheet ; the other bees may now be sprinkled 
likewise, and shaken on the sheet in front of the other 
hive, which they will readily enter. If the bees are in 
a movable-comb hive, two weak colonies may be united 
without shaking the bees from their combs. Induce 
them to fill themselves with honey from their stores, by 
blowing a little smoke into each hive, then place the 
combs with the adhering bees into one hive, If there 
are more combs than one hive can receive, only insert 
those combs containing the most honey, if in autumn 
— or those containing the most brood, if in spring. If 
a queenless eolony is added to a full swarm, drive the 
bees from their combs (See (“ Driving or forced swarm- 
ing, ”)sprinkle them with cold water and shake them on 
a sheet directly in from of the hive with which they 
are to be united. If they were thorougly agitated 
whilst driving, they will remain wherever placed like a 
natural swarm. Another method is to close the hive 
and remove it to a cool and dark cellar or room, ad- 
mitting air and providing water until near sundown of 
the third day, when the hive may be set on its stand 
and the entrance opened. 
