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INTRODUCING 
The queen can then pass into the lower 
cage, where she will find cells of honey and 
empty cells where she can lay. In the mean 
time some of the brood may emerge, giving 
her more cells. As soon as she lays she 
will have the egg-laying odor, which is al¬ 
ways an important factor in introducing. 
Smith cage in place with mailing cage in the top. 
A laying queen, or, rather, one that has 
just been laying, is much more readily ac¬ 
cepted than one just from the mail-bag, 
and that has not been laying for perhaps a 
week. 
After the queen has been confined three 
or four days, but not until she has laid a 
few eggs, she is released. If she is treated 
kindly the hive is closed up with as little 
disturbance as possible. If the bees seem 
a little hostile she is caught and caged 
again, and held confined until such time 
as the bees will treat her as their mother. 
Smith cage with reception cage in the top. 
The foregoing was the plan that Mr. 
Smith originally used; but he later found 
that it was advisable to apply the Chantry 
feature as follows: He first runs the queen 
into a reception cage that is inserted be¬ 
tween the two prongs in place of the 
mailing-cage. From this, after a few 
hours, she is allowed to run into the Smith 
cage and on to the comb. At the end of 
two days the reception cage is removed 
and a piece of perforated zinc is placed 
over the hole or exit. The bees of the hive 
go thru the metal, and at no time will there 
be in the cage more than a few bees. They 
will feed her, and at the same time give 
her the colony odor. Thus the queen is 
gradually introduced to her subjects. After 
she has been laying the perforated zinc is 
slid over, when she has the full liberty of 
the hive. The scheme outlined is the 
Thomas Chantry method already described; 
and those who have tried it, particularly 
Mr. Smith, say it is good. The latter now 
feels that the combination of the Chantry 
and his principle affords a sure method of 
introduction. 
A simpler application of the Chantry 
principle is to use the mailing cage as first 
described—run the queen with smoke into 
the lower or Smith cage; close the hole thru 
which she went, and keep her confined two 
or three days. At the end of this time 
slide a piece of perforated zinc over the 
opening to hold her and allow the bees of 
the hive to go in where she is. They will 
not ball her, but feed her; and after two 
daj^s the metal can be removed, allowing the 
queen to have the liberty of the hive, when 
she will be accepted. 
Objection has been made to the Smith 
cage that it involves a lot of work, and also 
disfigures the comb; “but,” says Mr. Smith, 
“if it provides a safe method of introduc¬ 
ing a valuable queen, or any queen, in fact, 
it is worth it.” 
THE MILLER SMOKE OR DISTRESS METHOD OF 
INTRODUCING. 
In 1913 Arthur C. Miller of Providence, 
R. I. (who wrote the article on Bee Be¬ 
havior and Nucleus in this work), intro¬ 
duced to the beekeeping world a. new meth¬ 
od of introducing queens. While one fea¬ 
ture of it was old, the general procedure 
was original with Mr. Miller. Many years 
