352 A Modern Bee-Farm 
this way prior to 1880, and though there is some trouble 
in removing the brood, I have always found the plan 
reliable, and the bees humming merrily, in possession of a 
new queen, within an hour of the removal of their own 
queen and brood. 
; Simmins’ Direct Introduction Proved. 
The late Mr. F. Cheshire’s testimony in his valuable work 
confirms the value of my system. “ Following up the 
question, I tried many dozens of experiments, and found 
that by Mr. Simmins’ method it was quite easy, and not 
only to introduce, but to get one queen fo /ay in 
half-a-dozen distinct hives in a single week. . . . My 
trials have, I believe, embraced almost every supposable 
difficulty and variation in season and in the condition of 
the stocks, and show the system to be practically perfect. 
Direct introduction, as taught by Mr. Simmins, 
has saved me queens, time, and anxiety, and I feel pleasure 
in expressing my indebtedness.” 
Yet other evidence is given by the editor of the 
Bee-keepers Record of Dec. ist, 1887. After detailing his 
experience in inserting by my method seven queens “at 
a season and under circumstances such as made us 
formerly careful to an extreme, we are glad to be able to 
pronounce the method a complete success. . . . We 
can now understand how friend Simmins is able to 
guarantee safe introduction, and we rejoice at being able 
to chronicle another point gained.” 
In his issue of July Ist, 1889, the same editor, in reply 
to a query as to how the frequent losses of valuable queens 
could: be avoided, gives some further very pertinent and 
convincing evidence: “ Our advice is that readers should 
adopt the method of direct (fasting) introduction, as 
advocated by Mr. Simmins. It is simple, involves little 
