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conditions without any extraneous aid, and always without 
fighting ; therefore to me the various recommendations 
are simply amusing. 
In the case of Cyprians and Syrians some caution is 
needed, but I have found that if both lots are first made 
gueentess these bees can be united without the least 
inclination to fight whilst in that condition ; the queen to 
be retained being returned in the evening. Except it be 
in the middle of the day during a good flow of honey 
nothing else will induce these bees to amalgamate with 
strangers. 
Agents used in Quieting Bees. 
The late Mr. F. Cheshire mentioned that methyl salicy- 
late, using a few drops on the hands, will effectually 
prevent bees attacking the same.* Diluted vinegar, 
carbolic acid and Izal, will, I have found, answer in like 
manner. The same author also recommends a _ small 
amount of crude creosote placed upon the fuel in the 
smoker for subduing any colonies not amenable to milder 
treatment. The late Rev. George Raynor long used 
carbolic acid for quieting bees; his plan being to dip a 
feather in a weak solution of the acid and then pass it 
over the frames, when the bees rapidly retreat. Fume 
chambers added to bellows have also been introduced, 
and while I have no wish to disparage those who have 
invented’ these methods of applying carbolic acid, I am 
compelled to say that for general purposes | have found 
nothing to equal the smoker, and in extreme cases the 
creosote or other pungent article added to the fuel. 
Gloves. 
While I can but regard gloves as a great hindrance to 
manipulation, it is necessary that the novice should 
* 6’ Bees and Bee-keeping,” Vol. II. 
