134 QUEENS. 
half an inch wide (fig. 57). This should be new, if 
possible. The Jarvee should not be less than two nor more 
ae a = — than three days old, from 
952923959 the egg. In the center of 
e a 9= 9 = the middle comb cut a space 
V2 aa ” three inches long by an 
Fig, 57.—comn, WITH BROOD ¥OR inch deep. Insert this piece 
osotconra of brood, which is support- 
ed at the ends, by the shape, as shown in fig. 58. Allow 
no more brood in the box. In the middle of the day when 
the bees are flying, take out from a strong colony that is 
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Fig. 58.—coMB, 43 ABOVE, INSERTED IN COMB. 
maturing brood, a little less than a quart of bees, nearly 
all of which will be young bees, which are thought to be 
better nurses. Shut them in the nucleus box thirty-six 
or forty-eight hours, and then Ict therm out. ‘They will 
