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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
liad laid a considerable breadtli of eggs. A second 
albino had to ha,ve a home created for her, so I 
divided, on the afternoon of August 19, a very 
strong stock of Carniolans ; and, because the queen- 
less half seemed excited, and in danger of being 
robbed, I, as a precaution, removed, about 7.30 p.m., 
a queen, of less value — at least, of less rarity — than 
the albino, from another stock, and introduced this 
queen, in thirty minutes, to the half above-mentioned, 
while, at the same time, the albino took her place- 
The two stocks were thus queenless about four hours 
and thirty minutes respectively. When the hives 
were inspected, both queens were laying. 
Three South African queens have been received 
into this country ; two have perished dismally in 
attempts at introduction by caging. The third was 
first introduced direct by Mr. Simmins himself, then 
passed on to me, on October 26th last, and again 
introduced, in the same manner, on a biting night, 
to a stock queenless six hours only. In my hands 
she wintered, and went back to Rottingdean in the 
spring, and the third time passed the ordeal without 
a shadow of a hitch. These facts would appear suffi- 
cient to dispose of the oft - made statement that 
successful direct introduction necessitates two or 
three days’ previous queenlessness ; while it is evident 
that queen-cells (although it would be wise to remove 
them, if possible) do not cause failure, and even that 
the fertile worker succumbs before a laying mother 
thus given. Following up the question, I tried many 
dozens of experiments, and found that, by Mr. 
Simmins’ method, it was quite easy, not only to 
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