BRKEDING. 



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queen had left. The consistence of this food is about 

 like cream, the color some lighter, or just tinged with 

 yelloyr. If it was thin like water, or even honey, I 

 cannot imagine how it could be made to stay in the 

 upper end of an inverted cell of that size in such quan- 



FIATB OF THE THBEB KINDS OP CELI^. 



titles as are put in, as the bees often fill it near half 

 ftdl. Sometimes a cell of this kind will contain this 



