10 
day throws them into poorer ami less abundant feed. 
In case the Queen i6 not found and does not return, 
in large establishments the evil is easily remedied by 
catching a queen from any small swarm and introdu- 
cing her at the mouth of the hive. A stock of bees 
will receive any queon that is offered them when they 
are destitute, and in this case as well as all others 
the old queen leaves the hive with the swarm and the 
hive is left destitute until another can bo hatched. I 
have often supplied hives under such circumstances » 
with a queen which has usually brought out the 
swarm in the course of a day or two. 
CHAPTER 3 . 
ON VENTILATING THE HIVE. 
A judicious ventilation of the hive is one of the 
most intricate and difficult duties of the apiarian : 
Inasmuch as bees need more air in very hot and ill 
very cold weather than at any other tiino : to facili. 
tale this part of boo management, the bottom board 
is suspended and brought under the control of the 
button. It is found by experience that in warm 
weather, when honey is collected in the greatest a. 
bundanco there is an insufficiency of air pressing 
through the apertures into the drawers to facilitate 
the labors of the bees in the boxos unless the bottom 
boajd is let down a little to receivo the air from bo. 
