26 SWARMING 
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..sometimes they will swam with? 
out any appearing before that,' fcfco 
no doubt there are numbers ia the 
warmer parts of the hive.' 
When bees cluster out for some 
time, ifc is a sign that they wish 
to swarm, but the young queens are 
not yet ready. 
After shifting the situation of a 
hive, y;i 2 should be cautious to de¬ 
tain your lees within the Live, if 
it be"tad weather, till a good day 
comes * because' many of the bees 
will fly back to their former place, 
and alight on the ground and die. 
This case dees rot bold, if the 
