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Every bee-master should understand then- 
nature in this respect, so as to enable him to 
be in readiness to supply them with another 
Queen when they chance to become destitute. 
The discovery of the fact, that bees have 
power to change the nature of the grub (lar- 
va) of a worker to that of a Queen, is attrib- 
uted to Bonner. But neither Bonner nor the 
indefatigable Huber, nor any other writer, to 
my knowledge, hals gone so far in the illustra- 
tion of this discovery as to render it practica- 
ble and easy for common people to avail 
themselves of its benefits. 
The Vermont hive is the only one, to my 
knowledge, in which bees can be compelled 
to make and keep extra Queens for the use of 
their owner, without extreme difficulty, as 
well as danger, by stings, in attempting the 
experiment. 
The idea of raising her royal highness, and 
elevating and establishing her upon the throne 
of a colony, may, by some, be deemed alto- 
gether visionary and # futile ; but I will assure 
the reader, that it is easier done than can be 
described. I have both raised them, and 
