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stupefaction, being not only injurious but totally unnecessary. 

 Mr. D. A. Jones, late Editor of The Canadian Bee jfournal, 

 formerly a great advocate of this method, has discarded it in 

 favour of my Fasting plan, which he now considers the most 

 satisfactory. 



Covering Queens with Honey. 



It is claimed by some that a queeft is generally accepted 

 if first covered with honey and then placed among the bees ; 

 but the practice is one of doubtful utility ; in the first place, 

 there is no restriction as to what honey, and if any desire to 

 try the plan, I must say that no other honey should be used 

 but what is then and there taken from the hive the queen is to 

 be dropped into. An ordinary podket knife can be used to 

 scoop out a little honey from the capped cells ; or failing that, 

 use the same syrup that is being fed to the bees. The body 

 of the bee is studded with breathing tubes ; it is, therefore, 

 evident that much mischief, if not permanent injury, is caused 

 by all being clogged with honey, if only for a few minutes. 



Running Queen and Bees in at the Entrance. 



Another method sometimes recommended, but long since 

 tried and discarded by myself, is this : — Shake all the bees 

 from the combs on to a board in front of the hive, and as they 

 draw back through the entrance let the new queen run in with 

 them. There is considerable risk with this plan, even when all 

 are sprayed with thin syrup, scented or not, but I mention it 

 more as a caution to the novice, that he may not be led astray, 

 particularly as he would be liable to " get the brood chilled 

 before the bees regained their formgr position. 



Simmins' Nucleus Method. 



A plan which I have found very satisfactory, and which 

 was first suggested to my mind by the fact that I had long 

 made a practice of sending queens oif witli bees they had 



