QUEEK-REAEING. 



350 



QUEEK-REARING. 



once, compressed cell cups are made on a 

 plan originally devised by E. I^. Pratt. With 

 a suitable die, cells more nearly perfect than 

 can possibly be dipped by the slow process 

 already described are punched out at the 

 rate of 2000 an hour. These are fvunished 

 by dealers, and, generally speaking, it would 



MANNER 



OF INSERTING CELL 

 CELL-HOLDERS. 



CUPS IN 



be better for readers of this work to buy cell 

 cups than to attempt to make them by the 

 dipping process. 



To facilitate general handling, the modi- 

 tied Doolittle system calls for wooden cell- 

 holders, which may, under certain circum- 

 stances, be used as direct cell cups. 



The compressed cups are forced into the 

 hole in the cell-holders by means of a little 

 plunger-stick. When enough of them have 

 been prepared, and secured to a cell bar by 

 means of nail-points forced into the soft 



CELL-HOLDER WITH CELL IN PLACE. 



These are nothing more nor less than 

 cylindrical pieces of wood, I inch in diame- 

 ter, I inch long. A suitable drill bores out 

 one end of the right size to receive one of 

 the comi)ressed cell cups. These wooden 

 cell-holders can likewise be purchased by 

 the thousand. 



HOFFMAN FRAME WITH RE3IOVABLE BARS 

 FOR CELL-HOLDERS. 



wood, we are ready for the grafting, which 

 process is much the same as that already de- 

 scribed in the Doolittle method, except that 

 a much smaller quantity of royal jelly is 



6, FULLY COMPLETED CELL FROM HOLDER; 



H, PARTIALLY BUILT CELL TORN 



AWAY TO GEr AT THE ROYAL 



JELLY". 



used, that special tools are provided for the 

 purpose, these latter being obtained of the 

 dealers. Sufficient royal jelly is gathered 



SUPPLYING CELLS WITH ROYAL JELLY. 



up from a series of cells, and the same is 

 stirred with a special jelly-spoon. A spoon 

 full is then held in the left hand, while the 



