QUEEN-REARING IN ENGLAND. 



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on which the hives are placed.* The stands in the back row 

 commencing from the left are numbered loi, 102, 103, 104, 

 and so on. The stands in the second row are numbered 201, 

 202, 203, 204, and so on. Similarly those in the third row 

 commence at 301 ; those in the fourth at 401, and those in the 

 fifth at 5or. In an apiary where the numbers of stands in 

 each row does not exceed nine, the numbering of the rows 

 may begin at 11, 21, ^i, 51, etc. Should a hive in which 

 rearing or incubating is going on be moved to a new stand its 

 number is altered in the recent entries in the book. 



pecimen entries from 



Fig. 18. 



the Queen-breeder's Note Book. 



VI.— INCUBATING THE QUEEN-CELLS. 



A properly-nourished and healthy queen larva has its cell 

 sealed about three and a half days after the larva was trans- 

 ferred to the cup, and from that time until she is ready to 

 emerge, about seven days later, the developing queen requires 

 no other treatment than that the cell containing her should 

 be kept under the conditions of temperature (96deg. to gydeg.) 



* Empty hives are stored under shelter and are not carried out until 

 they are needed. The practice of leaving them amongst the occupied 

 hives was discontinued because it was found that, in th« spring especially, 

 they decoyed many bees to their death. 



