62 PRACTICAL QUEEN REARING 



dipped again and again, each time lacking about a thirty- 

 second of an inch of going as deep as before, until the base of the 

 cell is sufficiently thick to make a good cell. 



These artificial cells answer the purpose as well as those 

 built by the bees, and if other conditions are normal the bees 

 accept them readily. If wood blocks are used they are now 

 ready to be attached to the blocks, or if not, direct to the wood 

 strips. Figure 25. 



For use, it becomes necessary to supply each cell cup with 

 a small amount of royal jelly, and then with a toothpick or 

 grafting tool carefully lift larva, not to exceed thirty-six hours 

 old, from a worker cell and place it on the jelly in the prepared 

 artificial cell. 



