PREVIOUS Making an Artificial Swarm

1) Make a swarm board.
2) Find the queen in a colony and cage her. Attach the caged queen to the mesh on the swarm board.
3) Remove the combs (either on top bars or in frames) from the hive ans shake or brush all of the bees from the combs back into the hive. Set the combs aside in a closed empty box.
4) Place the swarm board with the queen over the loose bees. In a few minutes, they will cluster around the queen.
5) You can then hang the swarm up to observe it.
6) To rehive the swarm, shake it on to a cloth or a nespaper in front of a hive in which you have put the comb. Release the queen into the hive.

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