320 A Modern Bee-Farm 
so that at least one whole cell is left in each ; these are then 
attached to the lower edge of a comb reduced toa semi- 
circular form; to plain bars across the frame; or to the 
Author’s removable cell bases when these are inverted ; 
the attachments being made in a vertical manner by 
melting the wax on the then upper side of the base. All is 
done in a warm room, and the frame carried quickly to the 
desired stock. 
Having experimented with artificial cell-cups since 1881, 
I must say that by the above plan, using worker cells, the 
' bees can produce the queen cups upon them far more 
economically than the bee-master. In 1894 I carried out a 
series of experiments with drone cells attached to my bars 
and removable pegs, transferring the larve thereto. 
Drone Cells for Queen-Rearing. 
The experiments with drone cells as the bases of queen- 
cells were carried out with the Author's original and 
separately movable cell bases in 1894, and any queen-cell 
could be removed without detaching it from its base. 
New clean drone comb is selected, and cut into single 
cells when used for attaching to bars or the flat inverted 
ends of the movable cups; or strips may be used and 
fastened to the lower edge of a shortened comb. In the 
latter case the larvee selected are transferred to each other 
cell. 
Origin of Detachable Cell-cups. 
The earliest movable cells used by the Author are 
illustrated opposite page 311, from a photograph taken in 
1894. This photograph, showing the method of securing 
the young queens as they hatch, was sent to the Editor of 
Gleanings in Bee Culture during the same year, but he did 
not appear to realize the advantages offered by detachable 
cell bases; for in the same journal for September 15th, 
