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Table 5. — Record of sealed brood in colony No. 5 during the season of 1921, 



by weeks 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Mar. 18 



4,187 



May 11 



8,134 



July 6 



11, 502 



Aug. 31 



5,043 



23 



4,919 



18 



8,763 



13 



10, 224 



Sept. 7 



1,640 



30 



3,949 



25 



11,047 



20 



8,669 



14 



2,121 



Apr. 6 



3,696 



June 1 



12, 277 



27 



6,168 



21 



3,300 



13 



4,662 



8 



12, 830 



Aug. 3 



4,571 



28 



3,65i 



20 



4,940 



15 



12, 567 



10 



3,803 



Oct. 5 



1,372 



27 



5,765 



22 



13, 062 



17 



4,187 



12 





May 6 



8,949 



29 



12, 405 



24 



7,267 







Table 6. — Record of sealed brood in colony No. 6 during the season of 1921, 



by weeks 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Mar. 18 



5,702 



May 9 



14, 829 



July 5 



13, 313 



Aug. 29 



6,029 



21 



7,593 



16 



15, 592 



11 



11, 870 



Sept. 6 



4,856 



28 



9,415 



23 



16, 211 



18 



12, 679 



12 



6,686 



Apr. 4 



9,120 



31 



16, 401 



25 



12, 554 



19 



7,818 



11 



11, 536 



June 6 



14, 130 



Aug. 1 



11, 048 



26 



7,871 



18 



12, 976 



13 



11, 893 



8 



9,369 



Oct. 3 



4,694 



25 



12, 772 



20 



13, 304 



15 



8,296 



10 



945 



May 2 



14, 497 



27 



14, 690 



22 



7,584 







Table 7. — Record of sealed brood in colony No. 7 during the season of 1921, 



by weeks 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Mar. 17 



4,914 



May 10 



9,923 



July 12 



2,496 



Sept. 13 



9,769 



22 



8,308 



17 



10, 319 



19 



2,015 



20 



10, 849 



29 



10, 332 



24 



9,232 



26 



1,253 



27 



5,888 



Apr. 5 



10, 904 



June 1 



7,558 



Aug. 2 



996 



Oct. 4 



4,492 



12 



11, 149 



7 



7, 348 



9 



659 



11 



3,066 



19 



10, 050 



14 



6,977 



16 



454 



18 



669 



26 



10, 531 



21 



5,436 



23 



338 







May 3 



10, 887 



28 



3,650 



30 



1127 







6 



10, 417 



July 5 



2, 354 



Sept. 6 



2,873 







1 Supersedure. m 



Table 8. — Record of sealed brood in colony No. 8 during the season of 1921, by weeks 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Date 



Sealed cells 



Mar. 16 



4,241 



May 19 



8,768 



July 21 



6,411 



Sept. 22 



1,014 



25 



7, 092 



26 



8,070 



28 



6,154 



29 



4,380 



31 



7, 650 



June 2 



7, 591 



Aug. 4 



5,856 



Oct. 6 



4,147 



Apr. 7 



8, 504 



9 



7, 669 



11 



5,390 



13 



8 1, 152 



14 



8, 542 



16 



6,402 



18 



5,614 



20 



(°) 



21 



7,623 



23 



6, 338 



25 



1 2, 685 



26 



520 



28 



8,091 



30 



6,711 



Sept. 1 



( 2 ) 



Nov. 3 



2, 075 



May 5 



8, 825 



July 7 



6, 410 



8 



(') 



10 



1,136 



14 



9,088 



14 



6,507 



15 



0) 







1 Supersedure. 

 » Virgin lost. 



3 Rcqucened. 



* New queen laying. 



5 Qucenless, rcqucened. 

 New queen laying. 



