be pertormea badly under a nan or savage bees, but the temper oi 

 that particular colony may be permanently ruined. In such an 

 event, if the hive be closed down immediately, no matter how urgent 

 the need may be to manipulate, it will be found in a few days time, 

 when that stock is again examined under favourable conditions, that 

 the bees are sweet and easy to handle. 



If, however, the bees are still bad-tempered when everything 

 else is right, and there are ample stores, then they are obviously 

 nasty vicious creatures that should not be tolerated in a well-ordered 

 apiary. The only alternative is, of course, to re-queen them. 



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