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If the instructions given (147) have been carried out, 

 1A0 T? • drones should be flying from stock " D " 



ir , • r^^"^ before stock " Q " is in swarming condi- 

 Wuclei trom a ^^^^^ ^yj^^^ ^^^]^ . . q > . g^arms , hive the 

 Swarmed Stock, g-^^arm as described in paragraph 95. 

 Then move the parent stock " Q " to a position clear of the 

 line of flight of bees from the other hives, at which place 

 the nucleus hive or hives are later on to stand, and to which 

 stock " D " has possibly already been moved (147) ; then 

 transfer the frames from stock " Q " to the nucleus hive or 

 hives (57), using three or four frames to form each nucleus, 

 and taking care that each nucleus shall contain one or prefer- 

 ably two sealed and perfect queen cells, and that the brood, 

 food, and bees, shall be equally distributed amongst the three 

 nuclei. Frames containing queen cells must not be shaken, 

 nor jarred, as the young queens in the cells might be injured 

 by doing so ; if it is necessary to remove bees from such 

 frames, do so with a feather. Cover the nuclei snugly, and 

 if they must be placed near other hives, let them face in a 

 different direction. The drones in stock " D " should.be flying 

 now, and the young queens should be mated by them ; the 

 presence of eggs regularly deposited in a nucleus hive in- 

 dicates that the queen has been fertilized, she may then 

 be introduced into any stock which it is desired to re-queen 

 (152) ; each nucleus hive may be further utilized for rearing 

 queens (149) : when no longer required for that purpose, the 

 nuclei may be united with each other, or with stock hives. To 

 insure that the young queens reared in nuclei shall be mated by 

 selected drones , any drone comb appearing in other hives than 

 the one set apart for drone breeding should be removed. 

 Capped drone brood may best be got rid of by cutting the 

 comb off flush with the surface of the worker comb ; the bees 

 will dispose of the remains. 



If it is desired to provide additional nuclei to accommodate all 

 the perfect queen cells in the nuclei 

 149. Providing formed from stock " Q " (148) ; take from 

 additional Nuclei, a strong stock, one frame of honey and 

 pollen and two frames of sealed brood 

 together with the adhering bees, but taking care that neither 

 the queen nor a queen cell is on any one of the frames ; place 

 the three frames with the bees adhering to them, in a nucleus 

 hive, and shake the bees off three other frames on to them; 

 all the old bees will return to the parent stock, leaving only 

 the young bees in the nucleus to nurse the brood. Cover up ; 

 place a wisp -of hay at the entrance; place the nucleus hive 

 where it is to stand (148) ; put two frames of drawn worker 

 comb or foundation in the parent stock to take the place of 

 the three frames removed ; and on the following day introduce a 

 queen cell from the nuclei already formed, by carefully cutting 

 out the queen cell with sufficient adhering comb to permit of 

 its being thereby attached by a pin to the nucleus comb : great 

 care must be taken not to crush, jar, or chill the queen ceil 

 during this operation, 



