10 QUEEN-REARING IN ENGLAND. 



near the ends to provide the necessary spacing. This carrier 

 may be made from an ordinary division board by sawing a 

 strip 4in. wide off the lower portion of it. 



Renovating the Cwps. — Cups that have been used are 

 prepared for use again V>y breaking off the wax out-growth 

 and picking out the more or less dried-up jelly, or the 

 greater part of it, from the inside, with a nail. A wooden 

 stick having its tip rounded to fit the inside of the cup is 

 dipped into a vessel of water, then pressed hard into the 

 cup and twirled, with the result that the inside surface of 

 the cup is rendered perfectly smooth. The water forms 



Fig. 8. 

 Sladen's carrkr for queen-cells. 



with the remains of jelly in the cup a milky solution which 

 dries with a glaze which is much appreciated by the bees. 

 To hasten the drying of the cups the excess of water may 

 be shaken out and the cups may be stood out in the sunshine. 



Rearing' the Queens in a De-qaeened Colony. — An 



easy and satisfactory way to rear the queens, though not 

 the most economical one, is to employ a de-queened colony 

 and proceed as follows. Other methods will be described 

 later. 



Select a prosperous colony containing a fertile queen 

 with the bees covering eight or ten combs, five or more of 

 which contain brood, and in the morning remo\'e the queen 

 and all the combs containing brood, except the two that 

 contain the greatest amount of sealed brood in proportion 

 to the amount of un.sealed brood, replacing the combs removed 



