As soon as the bees are clustered in the hive, if they do not find her, a few will come out and run about, as if anxiously searching for something they have lost. The alarm is rapidly communicated to the whole colony ; the explorers are rapidly reinforced, the ventilators suspend their operations, and soon the air is filled with bees. If they cannot find the queen, they return to their old stand, and if no hive is there, will soon enter one of the adjoining colonies. If their queen is restored to them soon after they miss her, those running out of the hive will make a half-circle, and return; the joyful news is quickly communicated to those on the wing, who forth with alight and enter the hive; all appearance of agitated running about on the outside of the hive, ceases, and ventilation, with its joyful hum, is again resumed.* If the bees remain quiet in the new hive, for about fifteen minutes, the queen is almost certainly with them. If the Apiarian, in making his artificial swarm, does not see the queen, he must wait until the bees show, by their conduct, whether she is with them or not. If they begin to leave the hive, the entrance must be closed, to confine them until the parent-stock can be drummed again, and the queen, if possible, secured. If she cannot be induced to leave the parent-stock, and another cannot be had to supply her place, the bees must be returned, and the driving resumed at another time. A queen, however, which does not go up the first time, is very apt to persist in her refusal. In forcing a swarm, I have directed that it be done when many workers are abroad, in order that they may be induced to adhere to the parent-stock. Many bee-keepers, however, may prefer to make their swarms early in the morning, or late in the afternoon, when few bees are at work. In this case, a proper number of adherents may be obtained for the parent-stock, by shaking out the bees from the forcing-box on a sheet, that as they enter the hive in which they are permanently to reside, many may take wing, and return to the decoy-hive. If the number is still too small, after most of the bees have entered the new hive, the sheet with some adhering to it may be carried to the decoy-hive. After these bees show that they miss their queen, by running in great confusion in and out and over the hive, the parent-hive must be presented to them, and when they have entered it, removed to a new position in the Apiary, and the forced swarm returned to the old stand. If one-quarter of the bees are left in the parent-stock, the supply will be ample; larger, indeed, than is usually left in natural swarming. If there are in the Apiary several old stocks standing close together, it is highly desirable in performing these various operations, that the decoy-hive, and that for the forced swarm, should be of the same shape and even _color_ with that of the parent-stock. If they are very unlike, and the returning bees attempt to enter a neighboring hive, because it resembles their old home, the adjoining hives should have sheets thrown over them, to hide them from the bees, until the operation is completed. I have sometimes obtained a supply of adhering bees for the parent-stock, by placing it on the old stand, and removing the forced swarm to a new location. The larger part of the bees will of course return to their former home; some, however, will remain with their queen, and begin to labor in the new hive. In two or three days, exchange the position of the two hives, when enough bees which have become accustomed to the new place, will return to it, to carry on their operations in the parent-stock. This plan has the advantage of retaining most of the bees in the parent-stock, until the cells for rearing young queens are begun; it will also suit bee-keepers who are pressed for time, and are obliged to force their stocks, early in the morning or late in the afternoon, when but few bees are abroad in the fields.