62 BEES FOi; TLEASURE AND PROFIT. 



until the queen has hatched out, to prevent the bees leaving 

 the hive. It is necessary to watch that none of the nuclei 

 run at all short of stores, and they must be i^ently fed when- 

 ever tliis is the case. Indeed it is almost always well to do 

 this until the young queens are mated and have commenced 

 laying. 



Hive No. 2, which contains the old queen, may be provided 

 with two or three more frames of empty comb or foundation if 

 it is strong enough. It is likely to require feeding like all the 

 other nuclei. 



Do not Shake a Queen Cell. 



Never shake a comb or frame containing queen cells if 

 you can possibly avoid doing so. It is apt to injure or destroy 

 the embryo queens inside the cells. If you wish to remove the 

 bees it is best to drive them off with suioke, and afterwards 

 brush off any that remain with a goose wing or soft brush, 

 taking great care not to touch the cells themselves with the 

 brush. 



The "Edwards'" Divisible Frames and Nucleus Hive. 



Mr. Edwards has invented a very ingenious divisible frame 

 (fig. 366) and nucleus hive (fig. 36a) which those who are in 



Fig. 36a.— The Edwards Nucleus Hive. 



