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than elsewhere. Of course there might be a little 

 danger of chilling in a very cold time. 



If the old queen is returned there is a possibil- 

 ity of furthur attempts at swarming. But if a young 

 queen be given, after ten days of queenlessness, that 

 colony is considered settled for the season, and no 

 further watch is kept against swarming. 



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Somewhat curiously, it is the common thing, upon 

 opening a hive a week after giving the queen to find one 

 or more queen-cells started. I don't know why. Per- 

 haps the bees have been frightened because of their 

 spell of queenlessness, and want to provide against its 

 happening again. At any rate, when these cells are 

 killed they are not replaced. Possibly the bees would 

 destroy them themselves after finding thit the queen 

 was settled to work. 



Some think it best, when a queen arrives at a 

 certain age, to replace her w^ith a young queen. It is 

 held by some that a queen does her best work in her 



