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into a new hive, close all entrances, and set it where 
the old hive stood. Take the box containing the queen 
to a room, shut all openings for escape, and open the 
box before a window, lift out the frame and pick the 
queen from the comb, seizing her by the wings ; if she 
should fly, she will alight on the window. The queen 
should then be taken to the hive containing no bees, 
and placed on the combs, and the entrance opened just 
enough to admit a single bee at one time ; the bees, re- 
turning from the field full of honey, finding every thing 
out of order and their queen gone, will readily accept 
the strange queen. 
Near sundown, spread a sheet before the hive con- 
taining the Italian queen, bring the old hive near, lift 
out the combs, brush the bees on the sheet in front of 
the new hive, and put the combs in the last-named 
hive ; next morning open the entrance as wide as usual. 
The following is another method : After removing 
the black queen, treat the bees to a double dose of 
smoke ; take the Italian queen, smear her back with 
honey, and upon returning to the hive, blow in a breath 
or two of air to expel a greater part of the smoke, and 
then drop the queen among the bees from above. As 
soon as the bees get over the effects of the smoke, they 
will lick the honey from the queen and become 
acquainted with her. 
Another method is as follows : — Secure the queen in 
