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dreds will probably leave the first day ; a few may 
leave several times ; when removed at night, such will 
return to the stand of the previous day, and general- 
ly are lost ; whereas, if they are carried at once to a 
permanent stand, this loss is avoided. 
Those that are left flying at the time, return to the 
old stock, which those that return from the swarm the 
next day will not always do. The time for moving 
them now is no more than at another. It is unneces- 
sary to object, and say, that “ it will take too long to 
wait for the bees to get in this will not do. I shall 
insist on your getting all the bees to enter before leav- 
ing any way. I consider this an essential feature in 
the management. I will not say that my directions 
will always prevent their going to the woods, but this 
I do say, that out of the hundreds that I have hived, 
not one has ever left. It is possible proper manage- 
ment has had no influence in my success, yet some- 
thing like an opinion of this kind has been indulged 
for a long time. 
HOW SWARMS ARE GENERALLY MANAGED THAT LEAVE FOR 
THE WOODS. 
Some of my neighboring bee-keepers lose a quarter 
or half of their swarms by flight, and how do they 
manage? When the word is given out, “Bees swarm- 
ing,” a tin-horn, tin-pan, bells, or anything to make a 
“horrible din,” is seized upon in the hurry of the 
moment, and as much noise made as possible, to make 
them cluster ; (which they naturally would do without 
the music, at least all mine have. This probably gave 
