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AN EASY METHOD OF 
parent stock; thus leaving the drawer and 
its contents for their owner; not however 
until they have sucked every drop of running 
phoney, if there should chance to be any, which 
’'isoften the case, if their work is finished. 
There are two cases in which the bees 
manifest some reluctance in leaving the draw- 
er. The first is, when the combs are in an 
unfinished state — some of the cells not sealed 
over. The bees manifest a great desire to 
remain there, probably to make their stores 
more secure from robbers, by affixing caps 
to the uncovered cells, to prevent the effluvia 
of running honey, which is always the greasi- 
est temptation to robbers. 
Bees manifest the greatest reluctance in 
leaving the drawer, when young broods are 
removed in it, which does not often occur, 
except in sucli drawers as have been used 
for feeding in the winter or early in the spring. 
When the Queen has deposited eggs in all 
the empty cells below, she sometimes enters 
the drawers ; and if empty cells are found, 
she deposits eggs there also. In either case, 
it is better to return the drawer, which, will 
