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PRACTICAL QUEEN REARING 



Fig. 17. Comb cut down for cell building, by Alley. 



septum as shown in Fig. 17. Every alternate egg or larva is 

 crushed by means of a match pressed gently into the shallow 





Fig. 18. Every alternate egg is crushed with a 

 match twirled between the fingers. 



cells and twirled between the thumb and finger, Fig. 18. This 

 gives room enough for a queen cell over each remaining one, 

 Fig. 19. A frame containing a brood comb with about one-half 



Fig. 19. Queen-cells by the Alley plan. [From Productive Beekeeping.] 



cut away is used as a foundation for the prepared strip. The 

 uncut side of the strip is dipped into melted beeswax and at once 



