Two things to be prevented, 181
Apt to be deceived about the Worms, 182
Their progress described, 182
A Solution offered, 183
Method of killing Worms in boxes, 185
Freezing destroys them, 186
Objection to using Boxes before the Hive is full, 187

[ CHAPTER XIII. ]

SWARMING.

Time to expect them, 187
All Bee-Keepers should understand it as it is, 188
Means of understanding it, 188
Inverting a stock rather formidable at first, 189
Requisites before preparation of Queen's cells, 189
State of Queen-cell when used, 190
State when swarms issue, 190
Clustering outside not always to be depended upon, 191
Examinations—the result, 191
Remarks, 192
Conflicting Theories, 192
Both Old and Young leave with swarms, 192
Cause of the Queen's inability to fly suggested, 193
Evidence of the Old Queen's leaving, 193
Mr. Weeks's Theory not satisfactory, 194
Particular directions for testing the matter, 196
Empty Hives to be ready, 197
Bottom-boards for hiving, 197
Description of swarm issuing, 198
Manner of hiving can be varied, 199
Usual Methods, 199
When out of reach, 200
When they cannot be shaken off, 202
All should be made to enter, 203
Should be taken to the stand immediately, 203
Protection from the Sun necessary, 203
Clustering Bushes, 204
How swarms are generally managed that leave for the woods, 205
Nothing but Bees needed in a Hive, 206
Seldom go off without clustering, 207
Do swarms choose a location before swarming? 207
Means of arresting a swarm, 208
Some Compulsion, 208
How far will they go in search of honey? 209
Two or more swarms liable to unite, 211
Disadvantage, 211
Can often be prevented, 212
Indications of swarming inside the Hive, 212
Preventing a swarm issuing for a time, 213
To prevent swarms uniting with those already hived, 213
When two have united—the method of separating, 214
No danger of a sting by the Queen, 215
Some precautions in hiving two swarms together, 216
How to find Queen when two strangers are together, 217
Boxes for double swarms immediately, 218
Returning a part to the old stock, 218
Method of uniting, 219
When care is necessary, 219
Swarm-Catcher, 220
Swarms sometimes return, 222
Repetition prevented, 222
Liability to enter wrong stocks, 223
First issues generally choose fair weather, 224
After Swarms, 225
Their Size, 225
Time after the first, 225
Piping of the Queen, 225
May always be heard before and after swarm, 226
Time of continuance varies, 226
Time between second and third issues, 227
Not always to be depended upon, 227
A Rule for the time of these issues, 228
When it is useless to expect more swarms, 229
Plurality of Queens destroyed, 229
The Manner, 230
Theory doubted, 231
After-swarms different in appearance from the first, when about to issue, 232
Time of day, weather, &c., 233
Swarms necessary to be seen, 233
Returning after-swarms to the old stock, 235
When they should be returned, 235
Method of doing it, 235
More care needed by After-swarms when hived, 237
Two may be united, 237

[ CHAPTER XIV. ]

LOSS OF QUEENS.

Of swarms that lose their Queen, 238
A suggestion and an answer, 239
A disputed question, 240
A multitude of Drones needed, 241
The Queen liable to be lost in her excursions, 243
The time when it occurs, 243
Indications of the loss, 244
The Result, 245
Age of Bees indicated, 246
Necessity of care, 246
Remedy, 247
Mark the date of swarms on the Hive, 248
Obtaining a Queen from worker brood, 249
They are poor dependence, 249

[ CHAPTER XV. ]

ARTIFICIAL SWARMS.

Principles should be understood, 252
Some Experiments, 253
The result unsatisfactory, 253
Further Experiments, 254
A successful method, 256
Advantages of this method, 257
Artificial swarms only safe near the swarming season, 259
Sometimes hazardous, 259
Some Objections, 259
Natural and artificial swarms equally prosperous, 260
This matter too often delayed, 261
Is the age of the Queen important? 261