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finding the queen, it is generally as well to close the hive till an 
hour or two later, or till another day. 
Q. I sent for a queen the past summer. I took all the frames 
out of the hive, but I could not find the old queen, so I put the 
new queen in and they killed her. How can I use a queen-trap 
to find her? 
A. Fasten your trap at the entrance of the old hive. Lift out 
all the frames with adhering bees, and put them in an empty 
body close by. After all the frames are taken out of the hive, 
make sure that the queen is not in it, if necessary brushing all 
the remaining bees out of the hive upon the combs. Now lift one 
of the combs, shake and brush all the bees from it upon the 
ground in front of the old hive, and as soon as you have all the 
bees ofif the comb put the comb in the old hive. Proceed with all 
the combs in the same way, brushing all the bees in front of the 
trapped entrance, and putting the brushed combs into the old 
hive. The bees will crawl into the hive through the trap, and 
Madam Queen will be found trying to get in the same place. 
Q. What is the best way to find and catch the queen in a box- 
hive? 
A. Drum the bees out, put them in a movable-frame hive with 
a frame of brood in it, give the bees time to settle, and then look 
on the frame of brood for the queen. Or, you may sift out the 
queen with an excluder. Usually if you shake the bees in front 
of the hive you will see the queen running toward the entrance. 
Queen Introduction. — Q. Can I introduce new queens at any 
time, and how will I have to proceed? 
A. Yes, you can introduce queens any time, so long as the 
weather is warm. The proceeding is the same as at any other 
time, but introducing is not always so successful in a dearth as 
when hojjey is coming in freely. 
Q. Could I safely introduce a new queen to a swarm hanging 
to a limb, by killing their queen and placing the new queen on 
the cluster of bees? 
A. It might succeed, sometimes. 
Q. Is it any safer to introduce queens to one or two-frame 
nuclei in place of a four-frame or a colony of bees? 
A. Perhaps there is no diflference, but if there is any differ- 
ence it is safer to introduce to the weaker. 
Q. What difference, if any, is there in acceptance of a queen 
in a colony that has been queenless for some time (no laying 
