MANAGING BEES. 
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there is reason to believe that the old stock 
lost their Queen before swarming, and the 
bees assumed the condition of a hive that had 
once swarmed, and sent forth another to avoid 
the conflict of the Queens. Very large colo- 
nies have been known to swarm out several 
bushels of bees under such circumstances. — 
Variations from the common rules of making 
Queens, more frequently occur as follows, to 
wit : When the old Queen goes out with a 
swarm, she leaves without providing more 
than one class of grubs, (larva,) which are ca- 
pable of being converted to Queens ; and as 
the bees always make a plurality of them, 
they will all be of an age ; and in the confu- 
sion of swarming, all that are hatched will sal- 
ly out, and the hive left destitute of the means 
of repairing their loss. This accounts for see- 
ing more than one Queen in some small 
swarms, or there may be more than one class 
of grubs in the hive after first swarming, and 
the bees make some Queens from each class. 
Then more than one Queen may be seen with 
a swarm ; for all the Queens leave, that are 
hatched. The swarming season usually clos- 
