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without these young bees the brood in the old stock 
would perish for want of nursing bees. As soon as the 
hiving is done, place the forced swarm on the stand 
where the old stock stood before driving. 
If this driving operation is performed on a pleasant, 
warm day, we usually get the queen with bees, but if 
the motions of the bees indicate that she is not with 
them, additional rapping, if performed thoroughly at 
first, will not induce her to leave the combs ; in such a 
case the new swarm must have a queen given them, or 
they must be returned to the old stock, and the hive 
set back on its former stand ; in a few days the process 
may be repeated. Although the new swarm, if hived 
in a movable-comb hive and provided with brood in 
comb, would raise a queen, all comb built before the 
young queen becomes fertile, would be drone comb, 
constructed to receive their honey harvest. 
If the stock from which a swarm has been driven is 
left without any interference by the bee-keeper, the 
bees will rear a queen from the brood in the hive, and 
at least twenty dajs will elapse before the young queen 
becomes fertile. If, however, a queen-cell from a pre- 
viously divided stock can be given them, the young 
queen will hatch in about five or six. days, thus gaining 
several days time. If the bees were driven about noon, 
insert the queen-cell about sundown, as, after that 
lapse of time the queen-cell is less liable to be des- 
troyed. 
