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of course, and each is given one of the ripe cells. 

 Usually the young queen will be mated and 

 laying within two or three weeks from the time 



Fig. 17. — Hive divided into three compartments for mating queens. 



the cell is given. If the beekeeper wishes to 

 mate a large number of queens and has a lim- 

 ited supply of bees, he can get along very well 

 by placing one frame of brood and bees in each 



