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with a fine rose, containing water, and, with a cloth laid across 
the entrance of the robbed hive, pour the water on to the 
cloth and over the bees that are flying about the front. Ina 
short time I remove the cloth and let any bees that wish to 
do so come out, without letting those outside get in. As soon 
as they are out, I put the cloth back, and again wet it. This 
process I repeat two or three times. This appears to frighten 
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the robbers, and in most cases I have found it effectual ; but 
in extreme cases I have tried the following plan, which has 
had a satisfactory result: Found out where the robbers have 
come from, and changed the places of the robbed and robber 
hives. There are other methods ; but having found the two 
above described successful, I think it is not worth while to go 
into them and perhaps confuse the beginner. 
It has been already noticed that when a colony becomes 
hopelessly queenless, that is, without the possibility of the bees 
rearing a new queen for themselves, they lose the energy for 
working and for defending their stores, and become an easy 
prey to robbers. In a well-kept apiary such cases will not 
be allowed to occur. Keeping all colonies supplied with good 
queens, and consequently “strong,” is the sovereign remedy 
against robbing, as well as against many other evils in the 
aplary. 
