HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



maining cells, though very frequently as many 

 as a half dozen queens will hatch at nearly 

 the same time, in which case the bees and the 

 virgin first hatched will destroy the surplus. 



Frequently the hatching of two or more 

 queens at a time will result in the emergence 

 of after-swarms, a thing not to be desired, as 

 these swarms are at best very small and sel- 

 dom amount to much, and the best thing to do 

 in such a case is to throw them back into the 

 hive and let them fight it out until but one 

 queen is in charge. 



About two days after mating, a queen will 

 begin laying, usually in the centre of the brood 

 nest, but as the season advances and the at- 

 tending nurse bees increase, she will cover a 

 much larger area of comb, until at times, in the 

 case of a very vigorous queen, every comb will 

 be more or less brooded. 



The workers which constitute the main 

 population of the hive are, as we have said, 

 undeveloped females, and in size are smaller 

 than either the queens or drones. The eggs 



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