1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



505" 



sugar and water they will last the season 

 through, and will also turn out just as many 

 queens as any nucleus hive. 



As the season nears its close, gradually dou- 

 ble all nuclei down until none are left. Care- 

 fully preserve the little combs for another and 

 yet another season's use. 



We have formed as manj- as 40 of these min- 

 iature colonies from a single full stock, and 

 once we took a young laying queen from all 

 but two on the first round. One must leave 



plained in the first part, and adjust the lids. 

 Expose the zincs on all sides, and cork the 

 flight-holes. Run a young laying queen into 

 each compartment, and hang the frames forth- 

 with in a hive containing bees that have been 

 queenless three days. No unsealed brood 

 should be allowed outside the compartments ; 

 and, to make assurance doubly sure, use a lit- 

 tle tobacco smoke as you hang in the frames 

 containing the queens. To keep up the full 

 strength of such colonies, a frame of hatching 



A. — I,ever for operating. 



A" — I^ever throwu back to get at cell cup. 



B. — Brass cell-moulding cap. 



C. — Molded cells in bar. 



D. — Holes filled with wax. 



the 5'oung laying queens in these section-box 

 fertilizing-hives long enough for them to re- 

 stock the combs with brood, or they will soon 

 dwindle down to almost nothing. 



METHODS OF COLLATING. 



Young laying queens may be preserved an 

 entire season, each in a compartment by her- 

 self, by proceeding as follows : 



Secure frames of brood and honey, as ex- 



. E.— Bed-plate. 



F. — Enlarged view of molding-cap. 

 G. — Sectional view of molding-cap. 

 H. — Wood cell cup with molded cell. 

 I. — Wood cell cup, sectional view. 



brood should be given occasionally. Feed 

 thin sugar syrup flavored with a little honey, 

 or frames of capped stores may be put into 

 the hive. 



The secret of success in the introduction of 

 a plurality of queens lies in the giving of 

 them all at one time to bees that have been 

 queenless but three days. An indefinite num- 

 ber of queens may be confined in boxes or 

 cages arranged in such a way that none can 



