144 QUEENS. 
INTRODUCING QUEENS. 
Four points are necessary to observe in introducing 
queens. 
1st, that the hive contains no queens or queen- 
cells. 
2d, that the bees are all induced to fill themselves with 
honey. 
3d, that the queen is pervaded with the same scent 
eas the bees to which she is introduced. 
4th, that she be introduced in such a manner, that she 
will not be hastily met as an intruder. 
A failure to meet the first requirement often results in 
the loss of queens. A cell may be hidden in a sly place 
and overlooked. For instance, I have known queen-cells 
to be made between broken edges of transferred combs, 
which were afterwards built over and concealed, so that 
no indication of a queen-cell appeared. The fact that 
such may be the case, favors the immediate introduction 
of queens. Let us notice some extreme cases where a 
queen may be present. I have removed a queen that had 
a, defective leg, or that was becoming unprolific, intend- 
ing to supply her place with another. It was supposed, 
of course, that being the rule, that no other queen was 
present ; but during the process I have noticed a cell from 
which a queen had just issued; and upon further ex- 
amination, have found the young queen in another part 
of the hive. The mode of confining the queen for 24 or 
48 hours, after the old one is removed, is often practised, 
but I have known cases where a young queen has entered 
such a hive during this time, and destroyed the one intro- 
duced as soon as released. I mention these instances as 
I have had them occur in my own experience. The pres- 
ence of fertile workers often causes the loss of queens 
when introduced, as the bees are less willing to receive 
her at such times. The resource in such instances, is, to 
