THE HIVE AND HONKY-BEE. 
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place. Early the ne.\t morning they may he examined, 
and, if necessary, united to another stock. 
There is a kind of pillage which is carried on so secretly 
as often to escape .all notice. The bees engaged in it do 
not enter in large numbers, no fighting is visible, .and the 
labors of the hive appear to be progressing with their 
usual quietness. All the whUe, however, strange bees are 
carrying off the honey as fast as it is gathered. After 
watching such a colony for some days, it occurred to me, 
one evening, as it had .an unhatched queen, to give it a 
fertile one. On the next morning, rising before the 
rogues were up, I had the pleasure of seeing them meet 
with such a warm reception, that they were glad to make 
a speedy retreat. 
May not the fertile mother give to each hive (p. 203) 
its distinguishing scent ? And may not a hive without 
such a queen be so pleased (p. 226) with the odor of other 
bees, as to let them do what they will with its stores ? 
As bees are seldom engaged in raising young queens, 
except in the swarming season, when honey is so plenty 
that they are not inclined to rob, this may, if my conjec¬ 
tures are correct, account for the scarcity of this kind of 
pillage. 
hive some Intensely powerful and unaccustomed odor. Ho effects this the most 
rcjidily hy placing In it, in the evening, a small portion of mmk^ and on the follow¬ 
ing morning the bees, if they luivo a healthy queen, will boldly meet thoir 
Assailants. These are nonplussed by the unwontefl odor, and, if any of them 
enter the hive and carry off some of the coveted booty, on their return borne, 
having a strange smell, they will bo killed hy their own household. The robbing 
is thus soon brought to a close.'*—S. VVaonbr. 
♦ It will usually be found that a stock which is overpowered by robbers has no 
queen, or one that is diseased (p. ‘i-t-i, 
