GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Fig. 1. — One of ScIkiH s luve primps rrady lor tlio sup!' 

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on the wlieelbarrow close 



TWO 



SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS IN INTRO- 

 DUCING QUEENS BY THE SMOKE 

 METHOD 



BY C. D. CHENEY 



There being' just now considerable men- 

 tion of the Miller smoke niethoil for intro- 

 ducing queens, the following may be of in- 

 terest : 



One Saturday a thorough examination of 

 No. 9 was made. One tine fi-ame of hatch- 

 ing brood was found, but not an egg nor the 

 queen. Not being entirely satisfied, an- 

 other examination was made on Monday, 

 with the assistance of another person, but 

 the results were the same. There were no 

 eggs, no unsealed brood, and no queen. The 

 colony was of medium strength. I mailed 

 an order for another queen (it being then 



Aug. 25), after which I watched that hive. 

 After a day or two I became convinced 

 there must be a queeu there nevertheless. 



A queen came by mail on Saturday. The 

 weather was hot and sultry, and the queen 

 appeared very much exhausted. She was 

 very large, evidently having been taken off 

 the combs while actively engaged in laying, 

 and had suffered severely in consequence. 



Before introducing the new queen I de- 

 cided to have another " look " for the orig- 

 inal queen, and, sure enough, there she was, 

 looking as fine and prosperous as could be 

 desired. However, as it appeared that she 

 was not " on her job " 1 caged her, and 

 witliin 20 minutes " smoked " the new one 

 in. I observed that she Avas very sluggish 

 but I hoped she would revive when again 

 placed among natural surroundings. On 



Fig. 2. — Scholl's group of five hives with supers and covers placed on in a 

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jiffy." 



