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THK AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



February 



the (iiiecn; sot Uiis tratiie in ;ui empty 

 hive, then proceed to louk tor iiuiterial for 

 nuclei. 



I. lakiiiK -i I'r.mie containiiij^ at least 

 oiK-lialf honey, with clingiiiK I'ees, and 

 place in the hive I wish my nucleus to 

 occupv: then look at other frames until 

 I find eKK-s that are under three days old; 

 in other words t^'^^^s that are standing up- 

 on end; this frame, with adhering bees, 

 is ])ut in the hive along side of that with 

 honey, then draw up to them the two 



hive and give several frames with founda- 

 tion, replace cover and let it alone for a 

 week or ten days, when I again go through 

 the same proce.'^s. 



I fniil there are three cardinal points to 

 l)e observed in order to succeed. First, 

 the eggs must be under three days old; 

 seconii. the l)ees must not be released 

 until after uijht fall of the fifth day after 

 dividing; and lastly, that the cover nmst 

 not be removed until the eighth day. 



On the eighth day 1 draw the nails on 



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frames that have the foundation, then the 

 division-board and lastly the enamel 

 cloth and cover. 



This work must be done as rapidly as 

 pos-sible, so as to keep all bees possible 

 «jn the frames before the efTort of the 

 smoke has worn off. 



In this way I proceed until I secure all 

 I want at that time. In some ca,ses where 

 I find suiTu'ient honey and eggs in one 

 frame having sufficient clinging bees I 

 use that alone, or shake a few more bees 

 from another frame. 



I replace the frame with queen in old 



side, so I can raise body from the bottom- 

 board, and clean otit the dead bees and 

 examine the frames to see the number of 

 queen-cells the bees have started and 

 capped. In every case I have found at 

 least six, and have had them in varying 

 numbers up to 30 in a single frame. 

 When I found quite a few I would cut 

 out some and make more nuclei, and 

 insert a coup'e of cells between the frames, 

 and these queens would all hatch about 

 the same time. The queens I raised in 

 this way I have found to be large and 

 prolific, and have yet to find my first that 



