REARING AND INTRODUCING QUEENS. 93 
Replace the cap to the hive, and let the queen and her 
attendant bees remain in the tumbler, in communication 
with the bees in the hive through 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 with 
the greatest possible care, as the slightest jar will 
endanger success. Raise the tumbler carefully 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 of the hive. Replace 
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 successful 
of any I have ever tested. It rarely fails. Whena lay- 
ing queen is removed from one of the miniature hives, 
the bees will usually rear queens from the eggs left when 
the queen is removed. 
