ISS 



FIFTY YEARS A^IOXG THE BEES 



Such cases are not as plenty as I should like, but I think 

 thev are on the increase. 



DESTROYING EGGS. 



Suppose, however, that upon one of our visits we 

 find one or more cells containing eggs. We destroy the 

 incipient cells by mashing them, and in the record-book 

 write after the date, "keg" a contraction for the express- 



Fig. 6i — Cutting Foundation. 



ive, if not very elegant entry, "killed eggs." It is pos- 

 sible that upon the next visit we may find no more queen- 

 cells started, and that may be the last of them for the 

 season. So long as we find only eggs, we do nothing 

 more than to destroy them. 



Generally, however, when eggs are found in cells. 

 the next visit will find cells with grubs well advanced. 

 When grubs are found in cells, then the colony must be 

 treated. 



As already mentioned, an easier plan than the "put- 

 up" plan was struck upon, and for a time that had a run. 



