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CONTENTS 
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Swarm-Catcher, 
Swarms sometimes return, 
Repetition prevented, 
Liability to enter wrong stocks, 
First issues generally choose fair 
weather, 
After Swarms, .... 
Their Size 
Time after the first, .... 
Piping of the Queen, 
May always be heard before an 
after swarm, . 
Time of continuance varies, 
Time between seoond and third is- 
sues, 227 
Not always to be depended upon, . 227 
A Rule for the time of these issues, 228 
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When it is useless to expect more 
swarms, 
Plurality of Queens destroyed, 
The Manner, 
Theory doubted, .... 
After-swarms different in appear- 
ance from the first, when about 
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to issue, 
Time of day, weather, &c., . 
Swarms necessary to be seen, 
Returning after-swarms to the old 
stock, .... 235 
When they should be returned, . 235 
Method of doing it, ... 235 
More care needed by After-swarms 
when hived, .... 
Two may be united, 
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CHAPTER XIY . 
LOSS OF 
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Of swarms that lose their Queen, . 
A suggestion and an answer, . • 
A disputed question, 
A multitude of Drones needed, 
The Queen liable to be lost iaher ex- 
cursions, 243 
The time when it occurs, . • 243 
Indications of the loss, . • 244 
QUEENS. 
The Result, 
Age of Bees indicated, 
Necessity of care, . 
Remedy, . 
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xwiiieuy, • 
Mark the date of swarms ou the Hive, 248 
Obtaining a Queen from worker 
brood, 249 
They are poor dependence, . • 249 
CHAPTER XV . 
ARTIFICIAL SWARMS. 
Principles should be understood, • 2o2 
Some Experiments, 
The result unsatisfactory, 
Further Experiments, 
A successful method, 
Advantages of this method, 
Artificial swarms only safe near the 
swarming season, . • 259 
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Sometimes hazardous, . • -259 
Some Objections, .... 259 
Natural and artificial swarms 
equally prosperous, . . • 260 
This matter too often delay- 
ed, 261 
Is the age of the Queen impor- 
tant 261 
Different opinions as to tune, 
Another time preferred, . 
Should not be delayed, 
CHAPTER XVI. 
PRUNING. 
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Stocks pruned now are better for 
winter, ...» 265 
