CONTENTS. 



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1. — Introduction ... ... ... .. ... i 



II. — Queen-Rearing in Nature ... ... ... 2 



Queen-Rearing under the Swarming Impulse ... 2 



Queen-Rearing to Supersede a Failing Queen ... 4 

 Queen-Rearing when the Queen is Accidentally 



Lost ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 



Approximate Duration of Stages in Development 



of a Fertile Queen-Bee ... ... ... ... 4 



III. — How TO Save Queens Reared Under the 



Swarming Impulse ... ... ... ... 5 



IV. — Modern Queen-Rearing ... ... ... ... 7 



V. — Rearing the Queens ... ... ... ••• 7 



Preparing the Cups ... ... ... ... 8 



Renovating the Cups ... ... ... ... 10 



Rearing the Queens in a De-queened Colony ... 10 



Transferring the Larvse ... ... ... ... 11 



Rearing Second and Third Batches of Queens 



in a De-queened Colony ... ... ... 16 



Combining Queen-Rearing with Artificial In- 

 crease ... ... ... . . ... ... 17 



Rearing Queens in a Colony that is Superseding 



its Queens ... ... ... ... ... 17 



Rearing Queens in a Colony Containing an 

 Ordinary Fertile Queen in a Compartment from 



which the Queen is Excluded ... ... ... 18 



Methods of Starting the Queen Cells ... ... 20 



Other Methods of Raising Queens in a Colony 



containing a Fertile Queen ... ... ... 22 



Recording Notes ... ... ... ... ... 22 



VI. — Incubating the Queen-Cells 23 



