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.other while the queen herself may be safe for several 
hours. 
While it is not always desirable that both queens should 
be removed, the selected queen may be caged at mid-day 
and liberated in the evening after the union is accomplished. 
In my own apiary I use the tubular cage, and after 
uniting, either push the open end diagonally into the honey, 
or plug the end lightly with a piece of dandelion leaf. In 
the former case the bees help the queen out; in the latter 
the leaf withers and she is out in two or three hours, thus 
no further attention is required. 
