. Swarm control. Bees. 26 Farmers' Bulletin ii98 Natural swarms that issue near the close of the honey flow may be hived in an empty box, which is placed by the side of the parent colony for 24 to 48 hours, then hived back into their own hive. After the swarm enters the parent colony the queen cells are usually destroyed and the bees ap- parently are satisfied. If this is done earlier in the season, however, further swarming usually results. Colonies that are preparing to swarm near the close of the season may be induced to destroy their own queen cells and give up swarming by moving the hive
. Swarm control. Bees. 26 Farmers' Bulletin ii98 Natural swarms that issue near the close of the honey flow may be hived in an empty box, which is placed by the side of the parent colony for 24 to 48 hours, then hived back into their own hive. After the swarm enters the parent colony the queen cells are usually destroyed and the bees ap- parently are satisfied. If this is done earlier in the season, however, further swarming usually results. Colonies that are preparing to swarm near the close of the season may be induced to destroy their own queen cells and give up swarming by moving the hive away and substituting another hive containing two combs of brood (some unsealed brood is neces- tion shaken from their combs back into the original hive, thus reuniting the colony. These cases may be useful near the close of the season or at any time if the tendency to swarm is not great, but neither of them can be depended upon during the height of the swarm- ing season, for the conditions which w^ere present previous to preparations for swarming are soon restored under this treatment. THE CAUSE OF SWARMING Although the cause of swarming has not been definitely determined, the one factor which is universally present in. Fia. 13.—Method for inducing bees to destroy queen cells and give up swarming. A, Col- ony preparing to swarm. B, Hive (S) containing two frames of brood (some of which is unsealed) is substituted for the original hive (i), which is now placed on top, no communication between hives 1 and 2 being permitted. C, Hive 8 is removed after a weet or 10 days and hive 1 is restored to its former position sary) without queen cells, the re- maining space in the brood chamber being left vacant. The supers are then transferred to the prepared hive on the original stand, and the queen is left in the original hive which is set at one side or on top of the prepared hive (fig. 13, A, B). If the bees are well at work in the fields when this is done and the original hive is so
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