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third day, when the queen must be liberated, and the 
bees allowed to fly. If no queen can be given them, 
they will raise a queen, if furnished with comb con- 
taining eggs and sealed brood. Three weeks thereafter, 
open the hive and remove the drone-comb, which is 
usually built while the swarm is queenless. Should this 
occur, however, near the close of the honey-gathering 
season, the drone-comb should be permitted to remain 
until the next spring. 
Robber-bees, especially those coming from an un- 
known source, may be captured like wild bees. To do 
this, close up the hive which is being robbed, and con- 
fine the bees in it ; then remove it to a new stand, and 
place in its stead another hive, arranged as described 
for capturing wild bees. After the robbers are caught, 
treat them like captured wild bees; return the first hive 
to its old stand, and allotv the bees to fly. 
^MOVING HEES. 
Bees, if removed at a time of the year when flying, 
must be taken a distance of two miles or more, or else 
many of them will return to their old stand. 
If they are to be moved a short distance, or only to 
a different place in the apiary, it must be done during 
winter or in early spring, before the bees are flying, or 
it may be done in the following manner: — Confine the 
