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THE REARING OF QUEEN BEES. 



good, but has the disadvantage of being- awl^ward to handle in a frame 

 and of being made for use without flanged cell cups. It is a con- 

 venient cage for introducing, however. 



The Alley nursery, consisting of a block of wood with a large hole 

 bored through it, is excellent. The openings are covered with wire 



Fig. 12.— "Swarthmore" nurseries in frame, showing method of storing forty-eight queens (original). 



cloth, and a hole for the queen cell and one for the candy plug are 

 bored to meet the central hole. It will be found that a cage made 

 with a wooden frame will be better than an all-metal cage, since it is 



Fig. 13. — A style of cage which answers all the requirements for convenience and usefulness as nur- 

 sery and introducing cage (original). 



more easily placed in the hive in any desired location, and is held in 

 place with propolis. These nurseries can be placed in an empty frame, 

 and left until the frame is filled solid with them; and in this way a 

 colony will keep a good many cells warm until the queens emerge. 



