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VII. — Nuclei and Fertilisation of Queens 

 Nucleus Hives 

 Forming Nuclei 

 Buying Bees to make Nuclei 

 Fertilisation of the Queen 

 Drone-Breeding Queens ... 

 Management of Nuclei ... 

 Baby Nuclei 



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VIII. — Sending Queens by Mail and Introducing 

 THEM TO Colonies 

 Sending Queens by Mail . , . 

 Queen Candy 



Introducing Fertile Queens 

 Introducing Cage for Pressing into Comb 

 Candy Introducing Cage ... 



IX. — Races of Bees 



1. The British Black Bee 



2. The Italian Bee 



3. The Carniolan Bee ... 



4. The Cyprian Bee 



5. The Caucasian Bee ... 



X. — Drones and Drone-Rearing 



XI. — Breeding for Improvement 

 Crossing and Selection . . . 

 Mendelism ... 



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APPENDIX. 



A Scent-producing Organ in the Abdomen of the 



Worker Honey-bee ... ... ... ... 73 



How Pollen is Collected by the Honey-bee and 



Bumble-bee ... ... ... ... ... 77 



