MANAGING BEES. 
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of a few days the bees entirely vacated their 
tenement, and emigrated into an adjoining 
hive, leaving the whole of their stores, which 
amounted to 215 lbs. of honey in the comb. 
No young bees or moths were discovered in 
the hive. Instances of this kind frequently 
occur, and the true cause is unknown, from 
inattention. 
The Queen is much more tenacious of life 
than any other bee, and may live much long- 
er. It is believed that the common bees do 
not often live to exceed 18 months. The 
Queen is supposed to live several years. By 
clipping one wing of a Queen accompanying 
a second swarm, she has been known to come 
out with the first swarms for several success- 
ive years. But one Queen exists in the 
same hive any great length of time. When 
there are more than one, the peculiar sound 
of each, as explained in remarks on Rule 2, 
is heard by the other, which usually results 
in a battle between them, or the issue of a 
swarm in the course of a day or two, unless 
the swarming season is nearly at a close, 
then, the common bees sometimes smother 
