MANAGING BETiS. 
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unable to guard the nymph Queens, if there 
are any, from being destroyed by the oldest, 
or the one which escapes from her cell first. 
In examining the drawer, in which I raised 
an extra Queen, I found not only the Queen, 
but two royal cells, one of which was in per- 
fect shape ; the other was mutilated, probably 
b,y the queen which came out first. Now 
when there are few bees to guard the nymphs, 
it would not be very difficult for the oldest 
Queen to gain access to the cells, and destroy 
all the minor queens in the drawer. 
When a drawer is removed to an empty 
hive, for the purpose of obtaining an extra 
Queen, it should be placed some distance 
from the apiary, the better to prevent its be- 
ing robbed by other swarms. When it is some * 
distance from other colonies, they are not so 
likely to learn its comparative strength. — 
There is but little danger however, of its being 
robbed, until after the bees are out of dancer 
of losing their Queen, which generally occurs 
in the swarming season. 
The Queen is sometimes lost, when she 
goes forth with a swarm, in consequence of 
