USE OF CELL PROTECTORS 



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Fig. 31. Placing cell in nucleus without brood. 



in a nucleus when a cell is placed. In that event it should be 

 set into the comb near the center of the hive. Figure 31. 



Use of Cell Protectors. 



If a nucleus has been queenless for 

 twelve hours when a ripe cell is introduced, 

 there will seldom be any need for using 

 protectors. However, it often happens 

 that the breeder will have ripe cells ready 

 which he wishes to place as fast as the 

 queens are removed. When the bees 

 destroy queen cells they do so by opening 

 the cell at the side, and never from the 



Fig. 32. 

 Cell protectors. 



