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half an inch wide (fig. 57). This should he new, if 

 possible. The larvfE should not be less than two nor more 

 "^^^■^a^wB^^P"^^ ^^'^"^ three days old, from 

 ^^^^S^bS^^S^^ the egg. In the center of 



Fir. 57.- 



the middle comb cut a siaace 

 three inches long by an 

 inch deep. Insert this piece 

 of brood, which is support- 

 ed at the ends, by the shape, as shown in fig. 58. Allow 

 no more brood in the box. In the middle of the day when 

 the bees are flying, take out from a strong colony that is 



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■COMB, WITH BROOD TOR 

 QDEBN RAISLNO. 



Fig. 58. — OOMB, AB ABOTB, INSERTED IN COMB. 



maturing brood, a little less than a quart of bees, nearly 

 all of which will be young bees, which are thought to be 

 better nurses. Shut them in the nucleus box thirty-six 

 or forty-eight hours, and then let them out. They will 



