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with her, there is no risk, then, in your eagerness to 
get the queen, of taking hold of a worker or two. A 
piece of window-glass can be slipped under, and you 
have her safe, and by this time you will know what is 
to be done next. This operation could not well be 
done in the middle of the day, or in the sun, as too 
many bees would be flying, and greatly interfere. 
Should you fail in finding a queen, and cannot suc- 
ceed in making a division in consequence, or should 
you resolve, from want of time, patience or energy, to 
let them remain together in the beginning, it is un- 
necessary to get a hive any larger than usual for 
two swarms; they will certainly find room by cold 
weather : if more than two, they should be divided by all 
means ; it will be a disadvantage for another year. 
For the first four days, when two large swarms are 
together, it is necessary to keep an inverted hive un- 
der them, but much longer it would not do, as they 
might extend their combs into the lower hive. 
BOXES FOR DOUBLE SWARMS IMMEDIATELY. 
It should then be taken out, and boxes immediately 
put on, which should be changed for empty ones, as 
fast as they are filled. Yet, this extra honey is not 
quite as much advantage as increase of stocks ; when 
that is an object, I will recommend another dispo- 
sition. 
RETURNING A PART TO THE OLD STOCK. 
Separate one-third or more of the two swarms, being 
sure there is no queen with this part, (by the test 
given of setting them at a distance) and then return 
