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build several queen cells (fig. 59). If the brood was just 

 the right age, they will be likely to hatch in ten days, not 

 less. At the end of that time, look early in the morning, 

 and if you can cut any of them out without injuring the 

 others, do it, but leave one. If joined so that you will 

 have to destroy a part to separate them, leave them, but 

 examine several times through the day, and if any hatch, 

 remove them at once ; I have found four hatched, at one 



Fig. 59.— <JUEEN CELLS ON COMB. 



time. The cells that have been cut out may be used to 

 supply other nuclei, or they may be transferred to the 

 queen nursery (fig. 60). I claim that I can raise, thus 

 cheaply, as good queens as can be obtained. I feel like 

 saying better than those will average, where a full colony 

 has been employed to raise a dozen. I know that I am on 

 delicate ground. Some of my best friends, who are earn- 

 est in their wishes to advance the science of bee-culture, 

 will pity, perhaps condemn me. If the reasons that I 



