HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



As soon as the little cells have been started, 

 they should be given to some strong colony 

 to complete. Formerly, the custom was to 

 make a colony queenless before grafting cells, 

 and to give the started cells to that colony to 

 complete, but since we now have the little 

 incubating cages, and perforated zinc queen- 

 excluders, we are able to give the started cells 

 to a queenright colony for completion, as the 

 zinc allows the workers free access to the cells, 

 and at the same time excludes the queen from 

 destroying them. If your colonies are occupy- 

 ing but one body for the brood nest, it will be 

 necessary to use a holding frame fitted with an 

 incubating cage in its top; this frame can be 

 placed in the centre of any strong colony hav- 

 ing a queen, the cell bar holding sixteen of the 

 started cells can be slipped into the top of the 

 cage, and the frame put in place in a strong 

 colony. In about ten days the cells will be 

 all sealed over and ready to be transferred to 

 individual cages in which each virgin will 

 hatch by herself and be safe from being de- 



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