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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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ing the size of the queen-cells built over 

 larviB on worker comb, for with one 

 exception all were too small. The most 

 of them are only about five-sixteenths 

 of an inch, while three-eights is much 

 nearer the si/.(! of the inside of the cell 

 producing a good queen either from 

 natural swarming or from supersedure. 

 It was from natural swarming cells that 

 L made my lirst forming stick, and if 

 the reader wants to make his stick as it 

 should be, let him make it so it will 

 conform to the bottom three-eights-inch 

 of tlie best formed natural queen-cell he 



QUEEN-CELLS. 



The Use of Artificial Cups in Their 

 Construction — How Given to the Bees 

 Without Opening the Hive, Etc. 



HY THE EIJITOB. 



THE hive in the foreground of the 

 accompanying illustration will 

 clearly show our cell-building 

 arrangement. In the picture the flat 

 lid has been removed, leaving the honey 

 board exposed to view. 



Ventilation — which is very important 

 — is secured by setting the hive upon an 



can liud and he will have it just right. 

 There is much more that could be said 

 on tills subject, but I will leave it here, 

 lioping that each reader will keep up a 

 constant thinking on the carcinal 

 principles of queen-rearing, until the 

 queen-rearing of tomorrow may reach a 

 higher plane than has that of to-day. 

 Borodino, N. Y., Oct. 25. lyoo. 



It is false economy to form nuclei 

 with too few bees. 



uivcited ventilating screen, such as we 

 use in moving bees from place to place. 

 It consists of a four-inch rim covered 

 with wire-cloth. The thr<Mveighth strips 

 around the bottom-board hold it ch^ar 

 from below, so that the entire bottom of 

 the hive is open; yet no bees can escape. 

 The honey board used is described 

 and illustrated on pagi' 139 of Tiik Bkk- 

 KKKi'ER for August, 18U8. The only 

 alteration necessary is the opening for 

 the insertio:' of the cidl-cups. herein- 

 after described. 



