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ed for the swarming of bees. The first is went 
of room, and the second, to avoid the conflict 
of the Queens. It may be possible that a 
swarm may come forth before the hive is full 
of comb, but from more than forty years ob- 
servation, I have never seen an instance of it, 
when the hive was not full of bees at the first 
swarming. This is always the cause of their 
first swarming, unless the stock had lost their 
Queen previous to swarming, in which case, 
the colony assume the condition of a hive that 
has once swarmed, and may come out before 
the hive is full of comb or bees. 
The old Queen goes out with the new colo- 
ny, and leaves the remaining stock without a 
head, (or female.) But nature has supplied 
them with the instinct, and they commonly 
have the means of repairing the loss, which a 
new colony, unaccompanied by a Queen, could 
not obtain. They have the larva or grub of 
the common worker, and the pow^r to convert 
it to a Queen. They soon discover their loss, 
and immediately set themselves to work to fill 
the vacancy, in constructing several royal cells 
into which they remove the young grubs which 
