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the wire cloth, until the next day, near sunset. 

 Then take a teaspoonful of honey, go to the hive, 

 and remove the cap, this time w^ith the greatest pos- 

 sible care, as the slightest jar wrill endanger success. 

 Raise the tumbler cai'efuUy from off the queen, and 

 with the honey smear her completely over, then 

 turn the wire cloth over carefully, and let the queen 

 and her attendant bees down through the hole in 

 the honey board, among the bees ot the hive. Re- 

 place the cap as quietly as possible, and the work 

 is done. In about one week examine the combs of 

 this hive for eggs, and if they are found, you can 

 consider your work crowned with success. If no 

 eggs are discovered, you must go over the ground 

 again. But be sure there are no eggs in the combs 

 before you repeat the work. 



This plan of introducing queens, is the most suc- 

 cessful of any I have ever tested. It rarely fails. 

 When a laying queen is removed from one of the 

 miniature hives, the bees will usually rear queens 

 from the eggs left vi^hen the queen is removed. 



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