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can be turned over the entrance hole, thus preventing the queen 

 from escaping, while permitting the bees to go afield. 



The great advantage of this mating box is the small first 

 cost, and the small number of bees necessary to stock the nucleus. 

 They are listed at about forty cents each in lots of ten. 



Baby Nuclei. 



The Root baby nucleus which is quite generally used is a 

 small double hive, each side containing two frames 5^x8 inches 

 in size. Three of these little frames will just fill a standard 

 Langstroth frame, and to get combs built in them it is neces- 

 sary to put them in Langstroth frames, and insert them in strong 

 colonies of bees. Some cut up combs and fit them into the little 

 frames. Entrances to the two compartments are at opposite 



Fig. 7. A baby nucleus at the Minnesota University queen-rearing 



station. 



