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Fig. 23. Queen-cells built naturally by the Miller plan. 



Big Batches of Natural Cells by the Hopkins or Case 



Method. 



Many extensive honey producers who desire to make 

 short work of requeening an entire apiary, and who do not care 

 to bother with mating boxes or other extra paraphernalia, make 

 use of the Case method, which has been somewhat modified 

 from its original form. This method is advocated by such well 

 known beekeepers as Oscar Dines of New York and Henry 

 Brenner of Texas. The plan was first used in Europe. 



To begin with, a strong colony is made queenless to serve 

 as a cell building colony. Then a frame of brood is removed 

 from the center of the brood nest of the colony containing the 

 breeding queen from whose progeny it is desired to rear the 

 queens. In its place is given a tender new comb not previously 

 used for brood rearing. At the end of four days this should 

 be well filled with eggs and just hatching larvae. If the queen 

 does not make use of this new comb at once, it should not be 



