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piece of comb containing capped honey of sufficient 
size to fit in the frame of the shipping box. To pre- 
vent the comb from breaking out of the frame while on 
the road, tie two pieces of heavy tape around the frame 
before inserting it, and nail the ends of the frame top 
fast to the box ; next brush in about one half gill of 
bees, then lift out the frame containing the queen and 
gently brush her into the box with a soft feather. This 
being done, screw down the lid, fasten a wire queen- 
cage upon it, and forward a box to the purchaser. Di- 
rections for introducing the queen, together with infor- 
mation of the time of your intended shipment, should 
be sent a week previously. 
SHIPPING QUEENS BY MAIL. 
Many purchasers reside at a great distance from any 
express office, but usually have a post-office in their im- 
mediate vicinity, and in sending a box by express a 
long distance, the expense is great, while in sending it 
by mail the distance makes no difference in the cost of 
transportation ; hence, it is not only more convenient 
to send queens by mail, but it is also cheaper, so long 
as her breeder warrants her safe arrival at the place of 
destination. Shipping boxes especially adapted to the 
purpose, are required in sending queens by mail. 
We, no doubt, were the first breeders who attempted 
to forward bees by this thoroughfare, and in 1866, after 
