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rags or strong brown paper may occasionally be used as 

 substitutes ; but tliey are so apt to blaze that no bee- 

 keeper who can find a piece of fustian will use them. 



Chloroform or puff-ball may sometimes be used by ex- ; 

 perienced men to produce the complete prostration and 

 stupor of a swarm — i.e., all the bees in a hive — for a short 

 time ; but the use of these things is dangerous and quite 

 \innecessary. 



