NATURAL BUILT CELLS BY THE MILLER PLAN 



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sive business. Figure 20 shows one batch of 37 finished cells 

 by this method. Cells built by this plan are not as convenient 

 to remove and place in nursery cages or mating nuclei as those 

 having the wood base.. These must be cut apart as in Figure 

 21. This also necessitates some special means of carrying them 

 about to avoid injury to the tender occupants. For this purpose 

 a block with 24 holes bored in it is used at the Davis apiaries. 

 As the cells are cut from the frame they are placed in the block, 

 in the natural position. The block is easily carried from hive 

 to hive while placing the ripe cells. Figure 22. 





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Fig. 22. The cell block enables the queen breeder to carry a batch of 

 cells right side up without danger of injury. 



Natural Built Cells by the Miller Plan. 



What has, of late, been known as the Miller method of 

 rearing queens, was probably not entirely original with him, 

 but has been used in more or less the same form for many 

 years. However, Dr. C. C. Miller has given the method new 

 prominence, and brought it forcibly to public attention. In 

 offering it, he did not even claim to be putting forth anything 

 entirely new, but presented it as a very satisfactory method 



