CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Necessity of requeening 7 



Natural queen rearino; 9 



Swarming 9 



Supersedure 10 



Queenlessness 10 



Artificial queen rearing 10 



Starting queen cells 11 



Description of cell cups 12 



Transferring larvae 12 



Method of starting cells 15 



Difference in races 15 



Swarm box 15 



Description of box 16 



Method of use 16 



Alley system of cell starting 18 



The use of ' ' cocoons ' ' 19 



Completing queen cells 19 



Incubators 19 



Styles of nursery cages 20 



Introducing queen cells 23 



Mating queens 24 



. Comparison of different sizes of boxes 24 



Phenomena in mating 27 



Testing queens 28 



Necessity of pure stock 29 



Selection of drones 29 



