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the same rules for removing the inner Hives as in di- 
viding swarms. 
RULE SEVENTH. 
On Compelling Swarms to Make and Keep Extra 
Queens for Destitute Swarms. 
Take a drawer containing brood comb and Bees and, 
[dace it in the chamber of an empty Hive, some dis- 
tance from the Hive from whence you removed it, and 
stop the entrance to the Hive containing the drawer 
of brood comb and Bees. Give them water according 
to the directions in the preceding rule. 
REMARKS. 
The prosperity of every colony depends upon the 
condition of the Queen. An experienced Apiarian 
will soon discover it, if a swarm be destitute of a 
Queen; and if lie can supply them with another, he 
can save them from certain destruction. If he cannot, 
he had better suffocate them at once, and remove the 
honey from the Hive, as this is his only chance of sav- 
ing it. If you should chance to have an extra Queen 
in a drawer with a few Bees, remove the drawer to a 
tight room, where your windows are free from broken 
glass. Then let her out of the drawer, and she will 
immediately fly to the window. Take her by the 
wings and introduce her to the destitute Hive, at the 
upper aperture, and the Bees will soon discover that 
they have a leader, and resort to their labors. Much 
care should be used in taking the Queen, lest she should 
be injured. 
In the year 1844, I hived a large swarm of Bees 
from an apple-tree ; and as Boon as they were in pos- 
session of the hive, I set them on the Bench as is my 
practice. Early the next morning, I discovered that 
the Bees were all on the outside of the Hive. On ex- 
amining the cause, I found the Queen dead upon the 
ground. 1 tied a silk thread around her middle, and 
put her in the upper aperture of the Hive, and fastened 
