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location (Figs. Ill and 112), so that all returning field bees 
join the swarm. As the brood emerges, the young bees be¬ 
come accustomed to the location of 
their hive. In a couple of days the 
parent colony is turned about half 
way around toward its former posi¬ 
tion (Fig. 113), and, after the bees 
again become accustomed to the 
change, it is moved to a position 
parallel to that of the new colony 
(Fig. 114). If within seven or eight 
days of the issuing of the swarm, the 
parent colony is removed to a new 
location, the young bees in flying out join the swarm, 
thereby considerably reducing the parent colony. 
When the parent colony is moved, part of the bees may be 
brushed in front of the entrance of the 
swarm, leaving some to care for the 
brood but not enough to induce an after¬ 
swarm. The parent colony may be 
used for increase or the bees as they 
emerge may still be added to the swarm 
or to some other colony. Other methods 
of using some young bees or sealed brood 
to advantage will be found by the bee¬ 
keeper. They may be used to build up 
weak colonies or, if the honey-flow will 
probably be long enough to warrant it, 
two parent colonies may be placed side by side. By giving 
one a queen and removing the queen cells from the other, 
they may be united about two weeks after the swarm issues, 
when most of the brood has emerged from the queenless 
colony, and they are then ready for supers. 
What to use in the brood-chamber in hiving swarms. 
The use of full sheets of foundation in the brood-frames has 
the marked advantage of resulting in straight combs of worker 
Fio. 114. — Manipula¬ 
tion to reduce popu¬ 
lation of parent 
colony — fourth po¬ 
sition. 
Fio. 113. — Manipulation 
to reduce population of 
parent colony — third 
position. 
