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after taking away their queens, he returned to the stocks whence 
they issued. 
As third swarms are usually attended by several queens, it 
laves trouble to hive the swarm and let it stand by the old stock 
until the next morning, when all but one of the queens will be 
killed and the remaining queen may be found by jarring the bees 
on a sheet. 
"When after-swarms are expected, the apiary must be closely 
matched. First swarms seldom issue earlier than nine o’clock or 
inter than three, and usually choose a fine clear day. Not so 
n-ith after swarms. They are liable to issue at almost any time 
luring the day, and often in cloudy weather. They are apt to 
co farther from the hive to cluster than first swarms, and, being 
very small, are not always found unless seen while upon the wing. 
Second swarms ordinarily issue in from eight to twelve days from 
the first; and all after-swarms must be out by the eighteenth 
day, after which no more swarms need be looked for from that 
hive, unless a “buckwheat swarm” is thrown off in August, 
which is an unusual occurrence. 
LOSS OF QUEENS. 
If a queen is lost or removed from a colony, when there are 
eggs or young larva) in the worker combs and drones in the api- 
iry, the workers almost immediately commence constructing queen 
cells to repair the loss. In due time a queen comes forth, and 
when every rival in the hive, whether mature or in embryo, has 
been destroyed, the remaining queen must run some risk of be- 
ing lost in her flight to meet the drones for impregnation. Like- 
