Excerpt from The American Bee Journal, Vol. 3: 1867-8
Hence Mr. Allen's plan of smoking the bees with tobacco, and removing the queen without their knowledge, would seem to present as favor able circumstances for practicing deception upon them as could well exist.. The bees and queen are made of the same scent by this plan, which if properly conducted leaves no possible chance for the bees to detect the Cheat.
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