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A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT-APIARY 



Having found the queen and killed her, the next work i^s to give, 

 ■them one Of the ripe queen-cells I have brought. In takxng them from' 

 the brooding colony at home, each one was placed in one of the West 

 cell-protectors, so that the bees would not destroy the queen by cutting 

 into the cell before they were aware that their old mother was gone. 

 Bach cell-filled protector was partially imbedded in a sheet of cotton 



nOOLITTLE'S POCKET QTJEEN-CELL CABRIEK. 



wadding, cut to fit into the bottom of a paste-board thread-box, easily 

 obtained at any drygoods store. Having the number required in the 

 box, another right-sized sheet of wadding is put over all, the cover to 

 the box put on, and a rubber cord sprung around the whole to keep all 

 in a secure position so that the cells can not roll around when the box 

 is handled. One end of the box is marked top, and the base of each 

 cell is placed toward this end of the box so that I may always know 

 that the cells point down when carrying the box in my inside vest 

 pocket, or pocket in my shirt, where cells are always carried at all 

 times except when used in the bee-yard where they are raised. 



