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AUSTRALASIAN BEE MANUAL 



Fig- 52- 



CROSS SECTIONS OF 



WOOD BASE WITH 



CELL-CUP. 



each time, so that the base of the cup is thickest. The 

 cell cups are then placed in wood bases, Fig. 52 ; a 



being a cross section of base, 

 and B, the same with cell cup 

 partly inserted. 



A portion of " Royal Jelly " 

 from a newly-made natural 

 queen cell is first inserted in 

 each cell cup, and then the 

 selected newly hatched larvae 

 are transferred to them. The 

 cell-bases with their cups are 

 then spiked to the bars of a 

 frame, eee Fig. 53, and the 

 frame inserted 

 in a hive con- 

 taining a col- 

 ony prepared 

 to receive it, 

 when the work 

 of extending 

 the cells, and 

 caring for the 

 larvce, is left 

 to the bees. 

 The final 

 treatment o f 

 the cells till 

 young queens is 

 Swarthmore " 



^3^^^^ 



Fig- 53. CELL-BASES SPIKED TO THE 



BARS OF A FRAME. 



Fig- 54- 



A CELL 

 COMPLETED 

 ON WOOD- 

 BASE. 



the emerging of the 

 explained further on. The 

 and other methods are exactly similar to 

 the above, slightly modified in the appli- 

 ances used. 



THE ALLEY PLAN. 



The late Mr. Henry Alley was one of 

 the oldest and most respected commercial 

 queen breeders in the world. His expe- 

 rience extended from about i860 till his 

 death a few years ago. He worked out 

 a system of queen rearing which is at once 



