Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. After so many years of arduous toil and study in perfecting this method, I felt that it was no more than just that. I be reasonably remunerated for my labors and for the knowledge that I had gleaned from my long experience in queen-rearing; consequently I decided to publish my method in book-form, trust ing to the hearty response of the bee-keeping fra ternity for remuneration.