Cesar,

Bryan Clements has instructions today that are excellent. May I add a little
to this.

Please remember that you should have assistants that are experienced
beekeepers 2 or 3 would be ideal. Here is a safe way to take the bee beard
off.

Position the queenless hive of bees on the floor in front of you.

Stand on a chair and spray the bee beard with water. Jump to the ground and
land with your body as rigid as possible. This will dislodge the bee beard
almost completely. Make sure that the bee beard falls into the beehive. You
can do this by pointing your chin at it as you jump.

Put the queen cage onto the top bars. Drill a hole in the queen candy and
put the cage in between the top bars. Close the beehive and put it back in
its original position. Use a bee brush to clean up stray bees - engorged and
wet bees will not respond readily to a smoker.

PS. Chew some gum and put vaseline on your lips. Good luck and pray for good
weather!

Joel F. Magsaysay
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