CHAPTER IX 



RAISING QUEEN BEES — HOW TO INTEODUCE 

 A QUEEN 



XN the keeping of bees, there are many 

 -^ occasions when extra queens are re- 

 quired, notably when colonies from one cause 

 or another become queenless, or when in- 

 crease is made, and the general practice is to 

 send away to a queen-breeder for the same. 

 While in the majority of cases queens arrive 

 in good condition, and apparently none the 

 worse for their journey, yet some beemen have 

 contended that the queen is hurt more or less 

 from her journey and is not as good as before. 

 Again, it costs a considerable sum to buy 

 queens, especially if a large number are re- 

 quired, and, as they can be raised at home 

 at a ridiculously low figure, the matter of ex- 

 pense has induced an ever increasing number 

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