She carefully used her hive tool to pry the wooden top off, then banged the package down sharply on its bottom. "It doesn't hurt them to do that," she assured Steven, "It just knocks them to the bottom."
She took the queen cage out carefully and replaced the wood on top of the box. She checked it out, making sure the candy was still in place, then peeled the apistan away. "This is the queen," she told him. "Would you like to hold her cage while I spray the bees again or would you like to spray the bees. You don't have to do either if you don't want to," she assured him quickly.
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She carefully used her hive tool to pry the wooden top off, then banged the package down sharply on its bottom. "It doesn't hurt them to do that," she assured Steven, "It just knocks them to the bottom."
She took the queen cage out carefully and replaced the wood on top of the box. She checked it out, making sure the candy was still in place, then peeled the apistan away. "This is the queen," she told him. "Would you like to hold her cage while I spray the bees again or would you like to spray the bees. You don't have to do either if you don't want to," she assured him quickly.