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La Reine. It sometimes happens that the small tentacles on the feet of a Queen
Are injured and she is not able to travel easily and rapidly over the comb. This
Impairs her worth. I had one had 1851 thus injured, and have often [illegible] 
Slipping as it were, losing her hold and nearly falling. 
Unfecundated. If bees have a fertile Queen they will if deprived of her at
First kill an unfecundated one. 
Queenlessness. The same day or the day after the loss of the Queen the bees [illegible] 
There [illegible] of the loss must decidedly, run about inside outside etc close
Watch should be kept. 
Removing Queen. It would be well to remove every Queen in the summer of her 
3rd year. Their fertility seems to decrease. The proper time to remove
Them is just after before honey supplies begin to fail, and before the drones are destroyed. 
This is the time when the bees can afford best to be reduced in numbers, well they
R conserving rather than producing, the young Queens will soon replenish the hives
So that they will be strong for winter. These removed Queens might be made to
Form small swarms, three or four to a hive, to be used next spring, and then
Killed next summer. If there are no false supplies of any great account the swarm's
Deprived of their Queens may be allowed to raise their Queens from the egg, or one just 
Sealed may be given them, but if false supplies abound try to give them a young Queen
Hatched, or just ready to hatch. The hives will be actually benefited when honey is scarce are
4 honey the very if hard cease for awhile. 



