OCTOBER 15, 1912 



GOT INTO BUSINESS AT ONCE 



BY EDWARD F. BIGELOW 



The ways of honeybees, especially their 

 relations to the queen, are often surprising. 

 Sometimes there is great difficulty in in- 

 troducing a queen by any method; but 

 once in a while it seems as if the bees were 



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extraordinarily desirous of a queen, and 

 remarkably expeditious in liberating her. 

 I recently had three queens come in by 

 mail. Two of these caused a great amount 

 of trouble and prolonged fussing and ex- 

 perimenting; but one was received more 

 quickly, and began to lay eggs sooner, 

 than any others with which I have ever 



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