74 On Rational Bee-Keeping. 
above, should be poured over the bees of the 
queenless stock, which should then be placed 
on the top of a hive containing a queen, a 
puff of smoke being at the same time blown 
into the lower hive. By adopting this plan, 
the two colonies will become united without any 
fighting taking place. 
If possible, at the time a queenless stock is 
being robbed, let it be noticed from which hive 
the robbers come, and let these two hives be 
joined together, always remembering to place 
the queenless hive on the top, and taking the 
precautions mentioned above. 
