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If one fails to lift a larvae out on the first attempt it will 

 generally be found difficult to get it up without injuring 

 it, and it is best to leave it and try another. 



There is always enough jelly for one to lift and deposit 

 with the larva; sufficient to form a bed for the latter in the 

 cup, except when the bees are rearing an unusually large 

 amount of brood in proportion to their numbers, and are 



Transferring 



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 Royal Jelly " to the Cups on Sharpenjed Matches. 



at the same time very busy in the fields. Then the supply 

 of jelly is so scanty that it is necessary to prime the cups 

 with jelly from an un.5ealed queen-cell freshly obtained from 

 a hive. Two wooden matches are sharpened to a flat point. 

 One of them is used to thoroughly mix the jelly by stirring 

 it. As much jelly as possible is then brought out on this 



