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CHAPTER XVII. 



INTRODUCTION 

 TO 



OF ALIEN 

 STOCKS. 



QUEENS 



ONE of the most interesting features in connection 

 with Modern Bee-keeping is that of inserting 

 queens, that they may preside over another colony 

 with which hitherto they have had no relation. At first 

 sight, therefore, it would appear that the bees will not 

 hesitate to destroy the stranger ; under some conditions 

 this is the case, and various ways have been devised to 

 guard against this disposition of theirs. The different 

 methods come under two distinct systems : the old, called 

 " Caging," and the new, known as " Simmins' Direct 

 Introduction." 



Generally speaking, the caging process is carried 

 out by placing the queen in a small perforated com- 

 partment, wherein she is confined between two combs 

 among the bees for forty-eight hours, when the bee- 



