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the frames after darkness has set in, by lampUght. It is also 

 important that the same receptacle be not used twice over for 

 holding the queen during the thirty minutes' probation without 

 j first being scalded or otherwise cleansed. Of course a metal 

 cage is easily made clean, though there is no objection to the 

 cheap " safety " match boxes so commonly in use, as there is 

 nothing obiioxious about this kind. My own practice is to 

 carry the queens in the vest pockets, in small tubular cages 

 made of fine perforated zinc or tin, one end permanently 

 closed, while the other end is pressed into a piece of foundation 

 after the queen is in. When ready, remove the foundation 

 and let her run into the hive. Caution : — Make no examination 

 after inserting a queen, by either of the two foregoing plans, 

 until 48 hours have expired. 



The above meets all requirements, whether the colony has 

 been long, or only a short time queenless ; if it has brood or 

 not, or queen cells in any stage of development. It is also 

 applicable to any season of the year. 



Mr. Pond's Method. 



Mr. J. E. Pond, jun., an American apiarist, gives his. 

 method as follows : Remove the old queen about mid-day, and 

 towards evening, or when the bees have ceased working for 

 the day, let the new queen run into the entrance. He says it 

 is important that the queen be inserted the same day. It 

 would appear that the interval named gives the bees time to 

 discover their loss, and thu« provides them with another queen 

 when they feel most inclined to accept one, just before making 

 any serious attempt to raise one of their own. The plan is, 

 however, not so successful as when the queen is first confined 

 alone, without food, and then inserted after darkness has set in. 



Introduction by Chloroform, 



puffball, &c., is sometimes recommended, but I cannot 

 advise such a course as to reduce the bees to a state of 



