QUEEN-BEARING 



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at any rate; sueli queens are small, dark in colour, never 

 prolific, and are unprofitable to keep. 



QUEEN-NURSERY. 

 When plenty of cells are coming on it often happens 



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that tlie apiarist is not in a position to use them 

 immediateh". The nuclei may already be taxed to the 

 uttermost; under these circumstances he has therefore 

 to fall back on the queen-nursery to hold the cells until 

 room is provided. 



The nursery (Fig. 57) is the most popular method of 

 holding cells until they are placed in hives or nuclei. It 

 consists of cages fitted to a Hoffman frame. They are 



