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build several queen cells (fig. 59). If the brood was just 
the right age, they will be likely to hatch in ten days, not 
less. At the end of that time, look carly in the morning, 
and if you can cut any of them out without injuring ‘the 
others, do it, but leave one. If joined so that you will 
have to destroy a part to separate them, leave them, but 
examine several times through the day, and if any hatch, 
remove them at once ; I have found four hatched, at one 
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Fig. 59.—QUEEN CELLS ON COMB. 
time. The cells that have been cut out may be used to 
supply other nuclei, or they may be transferred to the 
queen nursery (fig. 60). I claim that I can raise, thus 
cheaply, as good queens as can be obtained. I feel like 
saying better than those will average, where a full colony 
has been employed to raise a dozen. I know that lam on 
delicate ground. Some of my best friends, who are earn- 
est in their wishes to advance the science of bee-culture, 
will pity, perhaps condemn me. If the reasons that I 
