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AN EASY METHOD OF 
attachment, the elder Queen collects her fol- 
lowers, sallies forth, and seeks a new habita- 
tion. This is the cause of second and third 
swarmings which take place, and which fre- 
quently so weaken the hive as to cause many 
of the evils to which bees axe subjected, for 
which I think I have discovered the remedy.. 
See remarks on Rule 10. 
If the second swarm does not come out be- 
fore the 17th day, there is reason to believe that 
the Queen has disposed of all her competitors, 
and there will be no further swarming that 
season. The first Queen is usually heard the 
8th day after the first swarming. 
I know of no rule by which the exact day 
of their first swarming can be known with cer- 
tainty. The apiarian will estimate near the 
time by the number of bees in and about the 
hive, as it will become very much crowded. 
The day of second swarming, and all after 
that during the same season, may be most cer- 
tainly predicted, as follows : Listen near the 
entrance of the hive in the evening. If a swarm 
is coming forth the next day , or in a short time, 
the Queen will be heard giving an alarm at 
