HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



with the honey dough previously described. 

 Open the hive to which she is to be introduced, 

 and after tearing away the little piece of wire 

 or paper that covers the hole to the compart- 

 ment where the dough is stored, pry apart a 

 couple of frames in the centre of the queenless 

 colony and slip the cage with the queen in it 

 down between them with the candy side down, 

 and leave the colony undisturbed for three or 

 four days. 



During this time the queen will be acquir- 

 ing the odor of the colony, and the wall of 

 candy will prevent the bees from getting at her 

 to kill her, which they would do if they could 

 the first day or so, but by the time the bees 

 have eaten their way through to her and 

 made a passage for her to get out, she will 

 usually have become so impregnated with the 

 odor of the colony that they will accept her. 



In rare cases, however, they will destroy her, 

 and sometimes even if they do not do this, they 

 are sullen about accepting her, and will upon 

 your opening the hive "ball her," in which case 



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