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is finished. The other may now he brought from its 
confinement, and placed on another pedestal. Pos- 
sessing a queen, there is little danger of any of the 
bees leaving it for the other ; and even this may he 
effectually prevented by placing that other in con- 
finement for twenty-four hours, after which time, 
the hive with the old queen will have heeome ac- 
customed to their new station. 
We have recommended the employment of smoke 
in the above operation. This is so useful an auxi- 
liary in every operation with bees, that it is worth 
while to ascertain the most effectual and convenient 
method of using it. Howatson has given a descrip- 
tion of an instrument which seems well enough suited 
to the purpose: “We use," says he, “a fumigat- 
ing box of tin, of the form of which we cannot give 
a better idea, though rather a ludicrous one, than 
supposing it an old shoe, with a hole in the toe, 
and a spur on the heel ; the mouth of this shoe, 
moreover, is covered with a hinged lid. The spur 
is a tube communicating with the interior, for receiv- 
ing the pipe of a pair of common hand-bellows, the 
blast of which drives the smoke forward through 
the hole in the toe into die skep. The burning 
rags, or other materials for producing the smoke, lie 
directly under the lid, and a piece of moveable per- 
forated tin is put in near the mouth, so as to intercept 
the sparks which would otherwise be emitted, and 
bum the bees or melt the combs. This fumigating 
box is ten inches long and three broad ; it is two 
inches deep at the heel, and tapers gradually down 
