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PRACTICAL QUEEN REARING 



Fig. 20. A batch of finished cells 

 grafted with drone comb at the Davis 

 apiaries. 



Mr. J. M. Davis 



has tried about all the 

 systems so far given to 

 the public during the 

 nearly fifty years that 

 he has been engaged in 

 queen breeding. After 

 giving the Doolittle cell 

 cup method an extended 

 trial, he abandoned it 

 in favor of the plan 

 above described. By 

 this plan, it is possible 

 to get large batches of 

 fine cells, although it 

 becomes necessary to 

 have combs drawn 

 above excluders and 

 without foundation, in 

 order to get a sufficient 

 supply of drone comb 

 for the thousands of 

 cells which are built in 

 a yard, doing an exten- 



Fig. 21. Cutting away cells built on drone comb. 



