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Beekeeping 



method commends itself because of the saving of time and 

 it is used by many commercial queen breeders. 



FIG. 187. Pratt nursery. Two cells are removed to show construction. 

 Six such nursery cages fit in a Langstroth frame. 



Having cells built out. 



After cells have been started by any of the methods given, 

 they may be put in the upper story of a normal colony, 

 protected by perforated zinc to keep the queen from destroy- 

 ing the cells. During the time that the queen larvae are 



FIG. 188. Queen mating hives. This type is used in the apiary of the 

 Bureau of Entomology. The frames are supported by tins which may 

 be removed and used to fasten three frames together to form a large 

 frame of Langstroth dimensions. A feeder is provided either at the 

 front (right) or back (left) of the hive. These small hives are un- 

 necessarily complex. 



