198 THE HONEY-BEE. 



be inserted, as shown in the figure. This will expe- 

 dite the rearing of the princess. The bees will soon 

 fill up the intervening spaces, and the daily emerging 

 young bees will make subjects enough for the young 

 monarch, till she is needed for the sovereignty of a 

 larger population. If the miniature stock should 

 dwindle before the young queen lays and replenishes 

 the numbers, young bees, which have never flown, 

 may be introduced from other hives, and these will 



FIG. 65. INSERTED QUEEN CELL. 



be received with pleasure by the remaining workers. 

 Or another frame with plenty of bees may be ex- 

 changed for one of the empty ones. This latter plan 

 involves some danger of fighting, which is avoided by 

 supplying the newly-hatched young. 



The American bee-keepers manage, it is said, to 

 hatch royal larvae and pupae in little boxes heated 

 carefully by a small lamp. We have not heard of any 

 English apiarians who have pursued this method ; 



