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through the wire cloth, the cage can be 

 tjeiitly removed and the conih put care- 

 fully back in the hive, and there is no 

 question but what the queen will be ac- 

 cepted; in fact, she has been accepted be- 

 fore she is thus given her larger liberty. 

 If the bees are seen to be angry towards 

 the queen, clinging to the cage like so 

 many burdocks, look through the hive 

 for queen cells, destroying every one. 

 Keep the queen caged until all of the 

 brood is sealed, then destroy every cell 

 before releasing her. Now that all pos- 

 sible hopes of rearnig a queen of their 

 own are gone, they will accept the in- 

 evitable. Not one colony in one hundred 

 will drive you to this last resort; but 

 you are mascer of the situation if you fol- 

 low these instructions. 



.A.PIS DORS.\TA. 



There has been a whole lot published 

 in the bee-journals about the bringing 

 here of Apis dorsata. If any one has 

 opposed it, he has been accused of hav- 

 ing some personal feeling in the matter. 

 To speak real plain, some folks may not 

 like Frank Benton, and they might not 

 like it if he got the job of going after these 

 bees. If anybody opposes the bringing 

 here of Apis tlorsata, somebody else is al- 

 most sure to hint that enmity to Mr. Ben- 

 ton is the real cause of their opposition. 

 Mind you, they ///;//,■ they do not say it 

 right out so that it can be disputed and 

 combated. Some folks may not like Mr. 

 Benton ; at the same time he is probably 

 the most competent man to send after 

 Apis dorsata. It is possible that a few, 

 and a lery few, would f)ppo.se the choice 

 of Mr. Benton as the man to send after 

 these bees; but I very much doubt if any 

 man has opposed their introduction on 

 those grounds — even in his own mind. I 

 have always opposed their introduction 

 until we know more about them. I am 

 not opposed to progress, nor the introduc- 

 tion of new things of the desirability of 

 which we are assured, or that can be kept 

 under control until the desirabilitv is no 



longer an unknown ([uantity. Dr. Miller, 

 in the American P>ee Journal, expresses 

 my views exactly when he says " I am 

 anxious that they be brought here if it is 

 first known that they can be domesticated 

 and kept under control. With my pres- 

 ent light I am anxious that they should 

 be kept away-. If they can not be kept un- 

 der control I can see no other result from 

 bringing them here but to have them run 

 wild and use up the nectar that our hive 

 bees should get. I have little fear as to 

 that in the North, for I hardly believe 

 they could stand our Northern winter, 

 [We are not so sure of that — Ed.] but the 

 result might be anything but desirous in 

 the South. 



It seems to me that it ought to be easier 

 to domesticate them in their native region 

 than to bring them here and domesticate 

 them. Let the effort first be made where 

 they are, and, if successful, Apis dorsata 

 can be brought here; if the effort should 

 be unsuccessful, Apis dorsata can remain 

 in foreign lands, and this country be 

 saved from another English - sparrow 

 scourtre. ' ' 



EXTRACTED. 



HOT OR COLD SMOKE. 



Which Shall we Use? Ill Effect that may 

 Arise from the use of the Former. 



Now that the working days with the 

 bees are upon us, here is an idea that 

 is worth our while to think about, and 

 give heed. It is from the pen of C. 

 Davenport, and published in Gleanings. 

 It seems that Mr. Davenport and the 

 editor of Gleanings had been having a 

 little discussion in a previous issue in re- 

 gard to the merits of hot- and cold-blast 

 smokers. Mr. Daven])ort says: — 



You say it takes longer to light and 

 get a cold-blast smoker going. Why, 



