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they are presently to occupy. The two sets of 
combs, in forty-eight hours, are, after the displacement 
of one queen, alternated as before in the one hive. 
Many recommend that the remaining queen be caged 
at the time of uniting, and liberated forty-eight hours 
subsequently ; but I should, for myself, only regard 
this as very exceptionally necessary. Neither do I 
now practise scenting by sprinkling both lots with 
thin syrup to which some aromatic substance, such 
as essence of peppermint, has been added, although? 
probably, scenting adds a favourable element to the 
operation. 
Bees on frames not interchangeable may be brushed 
from their combs, and then treated on the same 
lines as ‘‘condemned” lots, their brood, if any, being 
saved by “Transferring” (which see). As previously 
remarked, indications of fighting should be checked 
by smoking, and, in bad cases, the addition of two 
or three drops of creasote to the burning material 
will have a very marked effect. Applying smoke 
three or four times, at intervals of a few minutes, 
with heavy thumping on the hive side, will, almost 
invariably, permanently restore order. 
In uniting queenless lots with others, Mr. Raitt,* 
instead of alternating the frames, draws those belong- 
ing to one of the colonies to one side of the hive, 
placing in the middle a division-board, t or old empty 
comb, with its edges smeared with crude carbolic 
acid by means of a feather; he then places the 
other stock at the opposite end of the same hive. 
Bee-keeper' s Record, page 74, Vol. iii. 
t Necessarily loose-fitting. 
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