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you will see, leaves an entrance for the bees in the upper hive, 
just as there would be if, instead of being put up, it were set on 
a stand down on the ground. There is no possible communica- 
tion between the two hives, and if a be.e goes from one to the 
other it can only do so by going out at one entrance and going 
in at the other. 
Q. Would it not answer to put up the queen as soon as queen 
cells with larvae in them are seen, instead of waiting and watch- 
ing for swarms? 
A. Yes, it works well, although I have not had as much ex- 
perience with that plan as with waiting for the bees to swarm. 
Q. When you put down the queen again, is there no danger 
of her being balled? 
A. I do not recall that she was ever balled, to my knowledge. 
Queens. — Q. How can you tell a queen from the rest of the 
bees? 
A. Look for a bee longer than the rest, and with wings that 
look too short for the length of its abdomen. You’ll not be likely 
to miss it the first time you see it. 
Q. What is meant by fertile queen, and virgin queen? 
A. A queen that has met a drone, a normal laying queen, is a 
fertile queen. A virgin queen is one which has not yet been 
mated. 
Q. In the advertisements of queen-breeders, the following 
terms are used, which I do not clearly understand: Tested, Un- 
tested, Select Tested, Select Untested Queens, and Breeders. 
A. A tested queen is one whose progeny shows she has mated 
with a drone of her own race. In the case of an Italian queen 
you will see that that will mean that the worker progeny of the 
young queen shows three yellow bamls. 
An untested queen is usually one sold as soon as she begins 
to lay, and so nothing is yet known as to the appearance of her 
progeny. An untested queen, of course, can be sold at a less price 
than a tested one, and that for two reasons. In the first place, 
it saves the expense of keeping the queen some three weeks, if 
she is sold untested. In the second place, if queens are kept until 
tested, those which do not come up to the test must be rejected 
or sold at a lower price as mismated, while all will be sold at the 
same price if sold while untested. 
A select queen, either tested or untested, is one that is selected 
because she is unusually good in appearance. However it may be 
