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Finally the portion with the original queen may be used 
to start a fresh stock, leaving the four compartments to 
accommodate nuclei with young queens. 
The Dividing Dummies 
are fitted with double queen excluders, and with these 
dummies the nuclei not only feel more secluded from the 
original stock; but in the event of young queens being 
allowed in each, they may be left longer than can be the 
case with single excluders, a feature hitherto overlooked. 
The Author has had queens mated on either side of such 
excluder dummies for a period dating back prior to 1890; 
the bees mixing indiscriminately ; and therefore he can 
fully recommend the plan to his readers. 
Combs in Queen-rearing Frames. 
Except during the early and late manipulations, I find 
the queen-rearing frame with detachable cells is much 
better if worked without any comb being allowed in the 
same frame. c 
The honey stored in these small combs is always in the 
way ; but I frequently work the cell-frames with foundation 
in frames on either side, or a full sheet of foundation between 
two cell-frames. It is a great saving of time and material 
in working, 
Two Cell-frames in one Colony 
or in the successive divisions of one colony, sometimes 
securing 30 to 40 fine queen-cells in one batch. Thus the 
three or four divisions of a colony as just illustrated may be 
carrying something like 100 queen-cells at one time. 
Several Ways of Starting the Queen-cells. 
The new worker combs containing the larvee just hatched 
from the eggs may be sliced crosswise as shown in Fig. 63, 
