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only to start them, but to take the very best care of them. We 

 can probably find no bees better fitted to produce good queen- 

 cells than those that of their own accord have already engaged 

 in the bu';iiieps. So a strong colony is chosen which has already 

 started queen-cells in preparation for swarming. All queen- 

 cells already started are destroyed, the queen is removed, and 



Fig. 83.— Bee-Dress. 



one of the frames is taken away, leaving a vacancy in the cen- 

 ter of the hive. Most likely the colony has one or more supers, 

 but these are not to be taken away. 



BROOD FOE QUEEN-CELLS. 



We now go to the nucleus containing our best queen, take 

 out the frame with the virgin comb, and replace it with an 



