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place where the original hive stood ; if this still does 

 not effect the object, close the entrance of the strong 

 one for about two hours, and force the remaining bees 

 to enter the weak one. When the apertures are 

 again opened, a board or cloth may be placed so as 

 to change the appearance of the one receiving more 

 than its share of bees. 



The bees now finding themselves without a queen, 

 but in possession of the means to rear young ones, 

 quickly commence to enlarge and build downwards a 

 number of the cells containing eggs; at the same 

 time, the young larvae are supplied with a quantity 

 of whitish matter, called royal jelly, which is of a 

 slightly acid, pungent taste, and is different from the 

 food on which the common brood are fed. These 

 royal cells will be sealed, a part of them on the sixth, 

 and the balance on the seventh day from the time of 

 forming the nursery. When the cells are finished, 

 they present the appearance shown in plate xxxv, 

 fig. 60 ; j 9 queen cells, and Jc, worker brood emerging. 



The queen cells are straight and occupying a pend- 

 ent position, the queens are larger and more perfectly 

 developed, and a greater number are reared by this 

 method than when the bees are left to rear them, as 

 shown in plate xxxvi, fig. 61 ; s represents queen 

 cells being built outwards and downwards, so that 

 the queens grow in a curved position ; this being an 

 unnatural shape, the queen is not as large or well 

 developed as when raised in straight cells, as pre- 

 viously shown. 



