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All About Rearing Queen-bees. 



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 Nature's Way of Rearing Queens. 

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 Old Methods of Rearing Queens. 

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 New Wav of Rearing Queens. 

 Getting Bees off the Cells. 

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Queens Injured in Shipping. 



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