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£%isn them brood from which to rear a queen, which 
they will generally accept. 
2d. The bees may usually be induced to fill themselves 
with honey by smoking, yet it is sometimes desirable to 
sprinkle them with liquid honey or syrup, forthe pur- 
pose. If honey is not being gathered, the necessity for 
operating when all the bees are in the hive, at morning 
or evening, so that all may be induced to fill themselves, 
will be evident. 
3d. It has been recommended to add to the syrup or 
honey some kind of essence which would give them all 
the same odor. Others depend upon smoke, using to- 
bacco as a preference. Whatever scent is used, both the 
queen and bees should be pervaded with the same. 
4th. The covering of the queen with honey or syrup 
will attract the bees when she is placed among them, and 
they will realize her identity as-a queen while licking her 
off. I usually find rotten wood sufficient for smoke, and 
the use of honey from the hive which is to receive the 
queen will ordinarily afford the required similarity of odor. 
Among the varied methods of introduction, that which 
will allow the new queen to be introduced soonest after 
the old one is removed is most desirable. IfI were to 
introduce a very choice queen with the least possible 
chance of losing her, I would make a stock queenless, and 
leave it in that condition eight days. ‘The queen-cells 
which they naturally construct should then be removed, 
after smoking thoroughly, and as they would be expect- 
ing a queen, and deprived of eggs or larvee from which 
to rear her, they would undoubtedly be in a favorable 
mood to accept her majesty. If the queen is now smeared 
with honey, and placed between the frames at the top, 
there is hardly a chance that she will not be accepted. If 
the bees are busy collecting honey, the work may be done 
at any time of day, but when honey is but sparingly 
gathered, I prefer doing it after the bees stop flying at 
