76 PRACTICAL QUEEN REARING 



nest below and the cell-building chamber above, since the old 

 queen continues to lay in normal manner below the excluder. 

 By this method the cell-building colony will give a crop of honey 

 as well as queens. The addition of so much brood from other 

 colonies will keep the cell-building colony very strong through- 

 out the season. Of course, frames of honey must be removed 

 from time to time as frames of brood are given, and, during a 

 good flow, it may become necessary to remove frames of 

 honey quite often to prevent crowding in the cell-building 

 chamber. 



Feeding. 



During a dearth of nectar it often becomes necessary to 

 resort to stimulative feeding to induce the bees to continue 

 cell building by any of these methods. Of course, a queenless 

 colony will build some cells under almost any conditions, but 

 to get good cells in sufficient numbers, a fresh supply of food 

 must continue coming to the hive daily. If there is none in the 

 field a pint or more of thin syrup should be fed daily, preferably 

 at night, to prevent robbing. 



