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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULIL'KE. 



Jan. 15 



helps to conserve the heat, makes their ma- 

 nipulation handy for the bee-keeper, and 

 renders uniting' easy. Let each compart- 

 ment have a separate cover of thin board, 

 Mnd over the whole put a regular hive-cover. 

 Don't form your nuclei until the cells are 



Fig-. 10. 



ripe. If you do, there will be no advantag-e 

 g-aincd, as they will have to remain queen- 

 less until that time any waj'. Put the cells 

 in protectors, and give one to each nucleus 

 as it is formed, in the manner indicated in 

 Fig. 10. By the time the virgin hatches, 

 the old bees will have returned to their old 

 location, and the young bees left behind 

 will accept her readily. 



It will be seen by referring to Fig. 10 

 that the woodtn cell-block does away en- 

 tirely with the use of the tin cover on the 

 West protector. 



THE oueennursp:kv. 



The nursery is essential to successful 



queen-rearing. Especiallj' will it be found 

 indispensable by the man who produces 

 queens on a large scale. Fig. 11 shows a 

 combined nursery and introducing cage. 

 This was gotten up by Mr. Abram TitoflF, 

 one of our apiary hands. The top is made 



Fig. 11. 



of tin, and has a hole in it for the reception 

 of queens or queen cells. A piece of the 

 same material loosely riveted serves as a 

 cover for this. The body is made of wire 

 cloth, and at the bottom is a hinged block of 

 wood with a hole for candy. The candy- 

 hole has a bit of tin pivoted in the center on 

 the outside of the block, and so arrang^ed 

 as to cut off or expose the candy; see Fig. 1. 

 This arrangement will be referred to fur- 

 ther on. 



Ten days after the cells are grafted, re- 

 move them from the queen rearing hive. 

 Don'' t shake off the bees or you will in all 

 probability ruin every queen. Give a little 

 smoke, and bru^h them off with a feather or 

 small brush. Set the frame on the ground 

 in a standing position and in such a man- 



ner that it won't fall or slip in any way. 

 Detach the blocks one by one; vviih your 

 finger daub a little honey on the end of 

 each cell so that the queen can feed herself 



