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Rendering: wax nut of djoi;-. See iia :e Jf.'^. 



yeai's. An iiiii)ortant feature is the dis- 

 laiK-e between the two glasses, which has to 

 l)e exactly two inches. The size of the comb 

 oui>ht to l)e at least 00 square inches. The 

 iilasses may be cajnible of easy removal, 

 without (listurbiiiji the bees. Four of those 

 iilass boxes are placed in a breedinji-case. 

 Two or three may be used if desired. A 

 mos* important thiuii' is to have the en- 

 1 ranees as far as possible from each other 

 aiul <|uite dift'erent in shape and color. On 

 the top of the iilass l)oxes I put a warm 

 cushion. 



in the box the frame should be provided 

 with a little strip of foundation, and there 

 should be about a iiound of Good candy 

 opposite to the entrance. The candy is 

 made in an easy manner by warming, let 

 us say, 4 lbs. of honey; and. if it is quite 

 liquid, adding- 8 lbs. of the finest powdered 

 sugar. This should be well stirred with a 

 wooden stick, and at last poured out on a 

 board where there is a thin layer of sugai'. 



It is better if the combs for tlie boxes are 

 prepared in the following manner: In a 

 regular honey-frame put in two or three of 

 the mating-box frames with foundation, 

 and with a piece of wood in each, in order 



to get a large opening iii the comb, as 

 shown in the illustration. This is ven^ im- 

 portant, because the bees will be far more 

 friendly to the queen, and the latter will 

 liave more chances to be promptly fecun- 

 dated if the bees can form in that free room 

 a little swarm. Give the large frames to a 

 strong colony, and then feed syrup till the 

 box frames are well filled with food. 



Tlie glass box being prepared, the next 

 move is to form a droneless nucleus. I 

 lemoye one of the glasses and set in its 

 place a piece of perforated zinc. On the 

 flout I have constructed a kind of funnel 

 into which the bees (without cjueen ) are 

 thrown. The bees mrst be young and hun- 

 gry, otherwise they will remain in the fun- 

 nel and not enter the perforated zinc. 

 When there are bees enough the zinc is re- 

 moved and the glass replaced. The nucleus 

 is i^ow caged, and the bees left alone some 

 minutes to fill themselves. Then after giv- 

 ing a knock against the box we introduce 

 the queen through the little entrance. If 

 there are many old bees it is som.etimes nec- 

 essary to blow in a mouthful of tobacco 

 smoke. Quite a srre way is to put in the 

 queen before forming the nucleus, placing 



