ADVANCED BEE CULTURE. 



weeds — anywhere, in any position, only be sure they are in t'he 

 shade, where they remain a few days until the queens are laying. 



These little, miniature swarms with virgin (lueens behave very 

 much like newly hived swarms. Queenless when caged, and re- 

 maiming 24 hours with a virgin queen, every bee seems to consider 

 the box as home, and one or two bees are always on guard at the 

 entrance. 



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Cell-Gups, Completed Cells, and Queen Nursiry 



To gain time, the virgin queens are, as a rule, several days old 

 when introduced to the nuclei, hence are ready to fly the next day 

 after the nuclei are distributed. The third day after, the little zinc 

 slots can be turned over the entrances so as to allow the workers to 

 fly, but to retain the queens, thus preventing absconding. As soon 



