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bees must be left with them so the brood will not be chilled, un- 
less you live where it is so hot that there is no danger of 
chilling. The more bees, however, you can leave with the swarm, 
the better work it will do on surplus. 
Q. I would like to practice the shake-swarm method. What 
would be best to shake the bees on, empty combs, starters, or full 
sheets of foundation? 
A. Empty combs arc probably best, and full sheets of founda- 
tion next. 
Q. It is impractical for me to stay at home and watch for 
swarms, so I must resort to artificial swarming or dividing — 
probably the brush-swarm plan. At what stage of queen-cells 
should the swarm be shaken, when queen-cells are started without 
brood in them yet, after brood can be seen in them, or after they 
are capped over? 
A. Swarms may be shaken without paying any attention to 
queen-cells as soon as the season of swarming comes, or as soon 
as colonies are sufficiently strong. Some prefer to wait until a 
number of cells are found containing eggs or larvae. It would 
hardly do to wait till sealed cells are present, for at that time a 
swarm is likely to ensue. The presence of queen-cell cups with 
neither eggs nor larva in them need not be considered, for these 
may be found at any time, even in winter. 
Q. How far should a shaken swarm be set from the parent 
hive ? 
A. A shaken swarm is left on the old stand. 
Q. In removing the old hive to a new location, and putting 
a new hive on the old stand, is it essential that the old queen 
should remain, or be shaken into the new hive on the old stand, 
or can she be put into the old hive on the new location? 
A. The queen is to remain on the old stand with the shaken 
swarm. The point is that the brood is to be taken away. 
Q. How did driving on capped-brood work with you in the 
control of swarming and securing honey? 
A. So far as I could see, giving sealed brood to a driven 
swarm worked just as well as giving foundation, and of course 
made a stronger colony. 
Q. I practiced the shaken-swarm method a little last summer, 
but some of them would swarm out again the next day. What 
was the cause of that? 
A. Possibly it was hot in the empty hive, and they swarmed 
out just as a natural swarm often does under the same circum- 
stances. A frame of brood may hold them. 
