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THE HIVE AND HONET-BEE. 
many workers are abroad, in order that they may be 
induced to adhere to the parent-stock. Many bee-keepers, 
however, may prefer to make their swarms early in the 
morning, or late in the afternoon, when few bees are at 
work. In this case, a proper number of adherents may be 
obtained for the parent-stock, by shaking out the bees from 
the forcing-box on a sheet, that as they enter the hive 
in which they are permanently to reside, many may take 
wing, and return to the decoy-hive. If the number is still 
too small, after most of the bees have entered the new 
hive, the sheet with some adhering to it may be carried to 
the decoy-hive. After these bees show that they miss 
their queen, by running in great confusion in and out and 
over the hive, the parent-hive must be presented to them, 
and when they have entered it, removed to a new position 
in the Apiary, and the forced swarm returned to the old 
stand. If. one-quarter of the bees are left in the parent- 
stock, the supply will be ample ; larger, indeed, than is 
usually left in natural swarming. 
If there are in the Apiary several old stocks standing 
close together, it is highly desirable in performing these 
various operations, that the decoy-hive, and that for the 
forced swarm, should be of the same shape and even color 
with that of the parent-stock. If they are very unlike, and 
the returning bees attempt to enter a neighboring hive, 
because it resembles their old home, the adjoining hives 
should have sheets thrown over them, to hide them from 
the bees, until the operation is completed. 
I have sometimes obtained a supply of adhering bees 
for the parent-stock, by placing it on the old stand, and 
removing the forced swarm to a new location. The larger 
part of the bees will of course return to their former home ; 
some, however, will remain with their queen, and begin to 
labor in the new hive. In two or three days, exchange the 
