Gleanings in bee culture . se my fingers onher she was not there. At last I got hold ofone wing, but she buzzed around so that Ilet her drop. Again I got her by the wingsand tried to transfer her to the left hand, buther head did not stick out far enough for meto get a good hold, and she backed out and got away. Next time I shut down so hardthat I was afraid I would kill her, and thenlet up so that she got away again. This timeshe dropped in the grass and I had a time tofind her. The fourtn time I held her betweenmy left thumb and finger in a trembly fash-ion, much as a dog bites a rat, and pr
Gleanings in bee culture . se my fingers onher she was not there. At last I got hold ofone wing, but she buzzed around so that Ilet her drop. Again I got her by the wingsand tried to transfer her to the left hand, buther head did not stick out far enough for meto get a good hold, and she backed out and got away. Next time I shut down so hardthat I was afraid I would kill her, and thenlet up so that she got away again. This timeshe dropped in the grass and I had a time tofind her. The fourtn time I held her betweenmy left thumb and finger in a trembly fash-ion, much as a dog bites a rat, and probablythe sensations to tne rat and queen were sim-ilar. I then got the shears. I forget wheth-er they were a large pair of tailors shears orthe kind they use for shearing sheep. In myenthusiasm I had used them to pry framesapart with, and they were more or lessgummed up with propolis. I slid them un-der the wings and shut down. The wingsbent over, but would not cut. I tried againand again, until I either wore the wings in. NOW THE BOOKS SAID: CATCH THE QUEENAND CLIP HER. two or pulled them off. But I got them off,and a leg with them. Is it any wonder thatthose bees decided they needed a new queen—one more in keeping with the modern ideasof rapid transit? A little later I thought Iwould shook them into a new Danzenba-ker hive, and I was astonished to find thatthey had a new yellow queen with wings ofthe regulation length and a full quota oflegs. P. S. In my first article I forgot to tellwhere I was educated. Was educated at theState Agricultural College of Indiana. Grad-uated with horrors at the foot of the classand received the degree of R. F. D. [Many a beginner has a similar he pays anywhere from one to threedollars for a nice queen, and then essays toclip to keep his three dollars from tiying 393 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 15 away, his fingers begin to feel trembly, andbe wishes Mr. Queenbreeder had clipped herbefore sending. A little advice to such be
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