CAPTIVATING THE QUEEN. Q$$ 



Hight fuming will make them more trada- 

 ble. It is worth remarking, that bees are 

 often adverfe to receive ftrangers at one 

 time, but will cordially receive them at an- 

 other ; therefore they muft be humoured e 



No. X. 



Captivating the ^ueen of a Stock 



Fume the flock, and examine the bees, 

 as in the foregoing article. Sometimes^, as 

 well as fome other bees, will evade the effect 

 of the fmoke, by entering the empty cells 

 (which is equally the cafe even with 

 brimftone), and therefore muft be proceeded 

 againft as before direded. To diftinguifh 

 a queen, a previous knowledge fhould be 

 acquired, by infpeding the bees that have 

 been fuffocated. A queen may be attached 

 to any part, by paffing a filk thread round 

 her neck, and clipping off part of one wing. 

 Where flie is fixed, the fwarm will furround 

 and never quit hen Or a queen may be 



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