FIFTY YEARS A:^I0XG THE BEES 



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can get out. (3ne of the nuclei, however, is left without 

 having its entrance closed, and this is put in the place of 

 the hive wliich contains the queen, and the hive with the 

 queen is put back on the old stand from which the queen 

 was first taken. The entrances may be left closed until 

 the shrinking of the leaves allows the bees to make their 

 way out, but I generall}' open them in about twenty- 

 four hours, first pounding on the hive to make the bees 



lug. 82. — Bees Playing. 



Although queen- 



mark their location upon 



less bees are much better than other 



they are put, there will be still fewer bees return to the 



old place if the nucleus is fastened in twentv-four hours 



at staying wherever 



or longer. 



LOOKIXG FOR EGGS. 



Twelve or fourteen days after forming the nuclei I 

 look to see if the queens are laying. I might find eggs 

 in less time, but not always, and at any rate not in con- 



