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to them the empty frames ; this will enable the bees to 
cover the brood and prevent it from chilling. Guard 
the queenless swarms, as well as those removed to a 
new stand, against robber-bees for a few days; also re- 
tain the heat in the hive for breeding, by diminishing 
the size of the entrance so as to admit no more than 
two bees at one time. In all the above named meth- 
ods, every new swarm undergoes the risk of losing 
their young queen while out to meet the drones, and 
many may be found queenless, when the examination 
for eggs is made; besides, the best honey-gathering 
season passes while the bees are rearing a queen, 
during which time but little honey will be gathered, 
and unless a fertile queen can be had at the time of 
swarming, much honey is lost that might otherwise be 
obtained. 
NUCLEUS SWARMING. 
This system of swarming differs materially from any 
yet described. We first rear a queen in a small cluster 
of bees, called nucleus, from which the system derives 
its name. The queen is matured and fertilized before 
the final swarming is performed, hence there are no 
queenless parts ; the labor of the hive is carried on 
with the zealous rapidity only observable where the 
presence of a fertile queen inspires industry and pros- 
perity, and the nectar of the (lowers is stored in suffi- 
