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THE BFE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



In any locality these little c-mbs 

 will be occupied by the bees and hlled 

 with brood and stores \. ig^ before the 

 swarming season, and a few weeks be- 

 fore swarming- time (here the period 

 of fruit bloom answers nicely, but the 

 e;'rlier it can be done the better), mucli 



I have had good success bv simply 

 grafting in a cell cup with food and 

 larvae, letting the bees build th . 'vn 

 cells, but m^.ny vv .uld succeer 

 by starting the cells in specia 

 pared queenless colonic as 

 for rearing queens in q antif 



Olmstead's Queen Rearing Attachment. 



depending on the weather and strength 

 of the colonies, graft a (lueen cell into 

 each little comb— if cups only are used, 

 put in two or three in same, as 

 some may not be accepted, protect the 

 whole comb with the zinc queen protec- 

 tor as shown, slide the frame into the 

 hive, close the door and the entrance 

 through it, //the weatlier is bad, until 

 the queen is old enough to lly. If the 

 weather is reasonably warm the round 

 hole may be left open all of the time. 



INTRODUCING A YOUNG OUICEN BV CLIP- 

 PING THK OLD UUKKN'S SllNG. 



As soon as it is time for these queens 

 to be hatched, go through ;ind give an- 

 other cell or a pulled quee:i, to those 

 where the cell did not hatch. When 

 they are laying, kill, or rei love. the old 

 tpieen, and release the yoing one. If 

 you do not want the old queens to sell 

 — you see, the second year all will be 

 just nice tested yearlings— you can 

 save yourself much work in the busy 



