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placed a feeder containing water : in this condition 
they were left until after sundown of the third day after 
closing the hive, at that time the hive was opened to 
examine the queen, if the evidence of impregnation 
(the male organ of the drone protruding from the 
queen) was seen, or eggs found in the comb ; if after 
examination she proved fertilized, we covered the glass 
in the roof and allowed the bees to fly at will ; but if 
the evidence of fertilization was not seen, the bees were 
again confined until after sundown of the next day, and 
so on until the queen was either fertilized or dead. 
L. C. Waite, of St. Louis, says of the above: 
This I have done often, and can and will do again. 
Why can not others do the same thing?” 
SHIPPING QUEENS BY EXPRESS. 
The shipping box should be two inches wide inside, 
and four inches in length and height. It may be made 
of half inch lumber, with a cleat nailed across the ends, 
to serve as rabbits upon which to suspend the frame. 
Make openings in the sides near the bottom of the box, 
and in the middle of the top, and cover them with wire 
cloth so as to admit air ; affix the label and the address 
of the purchaser to one side of the box. Make a frame 
sufficiently small, so that- when inserted in the shipping 
box there will be at least one quarter of an inch of 
space around the frame. Open the nucleus, and cut a 
