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dozen. It may be here remarked, in a parenthesis, 
that Dr. Tinker objects somewhat to the plan detailed, 
on the ground that the bees recognise that the brood 
is not their own, and refuse to feed the royal foster 
larvae as they should. This idea is quite contrary to 
general experience, but Dr. Tinker favours a plan 
which may often be advantageously adopted. He 
says: “To rear fine queens out of season, and at an 
unfavourable time, take from a colony its queen. In 
Fig. 78.— Inserted Queen-cei.l (Natural Size). 
three days thereafter, take out the larvae from the 
formed queen-cells, and introduce into their places 
small larvae (as they lie in the worker-cells not larger 
than t^in. across) from the best breeding stock. The 
bees fail to recognise the change made, and as the 
larvae get a big start in the royal food in the cells, 
they make the largest queens it is possible to 
produce.” Alas ! then it is not only in the human 
family that the rightful heir gets sometimes dis- 
possessed by a substituted baby. But to return. 
