The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-07
The CURE OF SWaRxrvn
AFTER SWARNS md
BY f. G.. To

Most of the swarminp - J.
'lie nnohlhs OF June and Jnrr IN
sometimes a strong COLONY na'l, out
during May, There Is harE swarm
sure way by which you can -, any
lorenand when a colony is pr De
swarm if in a box hive. S'"s TO
In a frame hive you can tom
tn1nS ABOUT 1t by the queen ceYs n-
you VIII nave no trouble abonr +aIItSt
wheH the swarm actually comes rs
1t Will seem that all the beee .of
hive Will come out all al ono. IA uhe
last as they can pour out q"
A good supply Of hives in un..,
put the new swarms shouId " 10
ready, and should be in > sha6, al
OF the ~bee-yard, 50 the hives M ~
reasonably cool when the swarmc ~. -
put into them. ~ ore
If the hives are hot, as will ho 49,
case when standing in the SIM ,ho
sWarms are much more incline, -
leave Tor parts unknown. The n@uIv
hlVed sWarms should be shaded ~
the an reason.
When a prime swarm issues thora r..
a lot of sealed brood present ana
young bees are emerging by the rho,-
SANDS every day so that when the frs,
queen IS ready to fly there is a strong
force OF bees ready to go with her.
IL Q can manage to have the
larger part Of those young bees mite
with the sWarms, you increase Its
ability for gathering surplus. and AZ
the same time lessen the desire for A
second swarm
II you put the swarm in the old
stand and at once put the old hive
in a new place at some distance. all
the bees that were out in the feli
will go back to the old stand, and all
the old bees that leave the old hive
the next day or SO will return to the
old stand.
This will strengthen the swarm, and
at the same time will weaken the ola
colony SO much that it will generally
prevent any second swarming.
Not in all cases, however, and il
we car do anything to throw a still
larger number of zee from the old
vantage to do SO.
When a prime swarm issues, if the
colony Is strong and circumstances
favorable, a second swarm may be ex-
pected in a week or ten days later.
If the queen cannot accompany the
the bees will continue the at
tempt to swarm, sometimes every day,
sometimes not SO often, but when a
young queen energies then the cid
is disposed Of, and the bees go
with the one that has flying powers
1t sometimes happens that ut the
time when a first swarm is ready TO
issue, the weather is SO bad hat
Is delayed for two or three
In hat ease the second swarm
Issue in less time thar usual
after the first, making it happen that
if We wait a e before movlna the
hive to a new place, there would DC
q second swarm before that time.
So if tire has been bad weather
Just before the time Of the prime
issuing, it nay be we'll to move
the old hive to a new place IL SIX 0aSf
Or even less time after the day o.
SWarming.
The first requisite toward d success
fuI start for an afterswarnn is q lfaIn'
Of brood, to be placed IN the hlFe d
time Of hiving, the queen win ~
aftersWarm is never ferdllZed ""N
he swarm issues.
1t is nearly a month from the I4he
IF hiving before any young otto
merge from their cells from lhS
queen, by which time the bees golnt
with the swarm are the larger P1la
lead, dying Of old age. which MAKE
md keeps the colony weak IL
numbers. .,is
BY giving a frame Of brooo laI
weak part is very materially hCiy5u,
as fast as the bees die OF ou az
Dung bees are emerging from 49,
'rame to take their places; ana t--
he queen, when she gets 70 i~y',T.
las suitable bees to mature INC
which she laws. so that by .oay-
If six weeks from the time the % ,,lod
warns was hiVed, we AVE "
oopulous colony. rs1
It is well understood thai J., w.
our colonies working III III
condition, without swarm" 70
through the season, that the De- NV
;ults will be obtained. n "~1''
tate of affairs seems iu1possloIt ,e,
Most bee-keepers want a.. r7r
oma swarms. so as to m2he care
winter losses, even If they do h"' r.
0 have a large number. 1t Is MT
icult to prevent all sWarTnlhA tlry
o very difficult to prevent each
rom swarming more than ol'' r
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