148 THE BER-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
Another precaution has to be observed when several 
queens are hatching in a nucleus, for it is well known 
that the first which comes forth will forthwith proceed, 
if permitted, to the de- 
struction of all her rivals. 
One of the queen-cages 
of the domed construc- 
tion should therefore be 
placed over a cell from 
which danger of the kind 
is apprehended; this will 
~ press down into the sur- 
rounding comb, and keep 
the young princess out of 
mischief till she is re- 
moved to the hive de- 
signed for her, when the 
cage can be shifted to 
the cell next likely to need it. A similar cage will 
require to be used if the cell is allowed to remain 
longer than ten days in the original hive; so protected 
it may, of course, be hatched there, if desired. The 
cage must nowhere come actually into contact with 
a royal cell, and it may be requisite, in consequence, 
to pare down the surface of the opposite comb. 
In My. Cheshire’s nucleus hive the walls are 
constructed double, as in his larger hive, but every 
additional care must be taken to preserve the due 
desree of warmth. Moreover, as the older bees, which 
were upon the frame at its transfer, will be certain to 
desert it and return to the parent hive, it will be 
needful to take out other frames, and shake the young 
