RAISING QUEEN BEES 



uncertain, and does not always occur when the 

 beekeeper needs them, and this has led to the 

 almost universal adoption of artificial methods. 

 As far as is known, such queens are equal to 

 those reared at the pleasure of the colony. 



Nursery case for queens and virgins. 



Perhaps the best system in vogue is the 

 Swarthmore System, originated by the late 

 E. R. Pratt of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 

 and, with the few inexpensive appliances pur- 

 chasable at almost any supply house, one can 

 raise as many queens as are needed. This 

 system requires a number of little wooden 



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