36 AN EASY METHOD OF 



Queen, in any stage of its minority, is such, 

 that they will never leave nor forsake them, 

 and will continue all their ordinary labors, 

 with as much regularity as if they had a per- 

 fect Queen. 



In making Queens in small boxes or draw- 

 ers, the owner will not be troubled by their 

 swarming the same season they are made. 

 There are so few bees in the drawer, they are 

 unable to guard the nymph Queens, if there 

 are any, from being destroyed by the oldest, 

 or the one which escapes from her cell first. 



In examining the drawer, in which I raised 

 an extra Queen, I found not only the Queen, 

 but two royal cells, one of which was in per- 

 fect shape ; the other. was mutilated, probably 

 by the Queen which came out first. Now when 

 there are so few bees to guard the nymphs, it 

 y-ould not be very difficult for the oldest Queen 

 to gain access to the cells, and destroy all thfe 

 minor Queens in the drawer. 



When a drawer is removed to an empty 

 hive, for the purpose of obtaining an extra 

 Queen, it should be placed some distance? 



