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been pierced in the cap. Without the cork wad the syrup 

 will leak out when the bottle is inverted. 



Another excellent stimulative feeder is that known as the 

 " Perfection" (fig. 49), in which the supply of food may be 

 regulated from one to nine holes by moving the index round ; 

 but I think that far the best feeder of all for these baby 

 nucleus hives is a little dummy board feeder ofl the kind 

 shown in fig. 36r, page 63. 



Fi,l,^ 4'.». — •• Perfection " Feeiler. 



Baby Nucleus Hive. 

 The nucleus hive, shown in fig. 48, being 24 inches long 

 inside, and having a flight hole and alighting-board at each 

 end, may be used as a twin hive when so desired, the two 

 nuclei being divided from each other by a dummy in the centre 

 of the hive. This dummy may be either of plain wood, or 

 perforated after the manner of the Wells dummy (see page 77); 

 but whichever form of dummy is used, the quilt should be 

 firmly nailed all along its top edge to prevent any chance of 

 the bees from one nucleus finding their way into the other. 



Rapid Method of Building' up Baby Nuclei into 

 Strong Stocks. 



Such nuclei ma}- be very rapidly built ujd, as soon as we 

 have ascertained that the ({ueens are mated and laying, or 

 even before that if we choose, by the addition of sections of 

 newly hatched bees from the incubator or of sealed brood 



