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A queen which it is intended to use for queen rearing, should be. 
selected from a strain known to be prolific, 
147. Preparing for she should herself be a prolific breeder, pro-; 
Queen Rearing. ducing bees which are good workers, good 
cappers of cells, and not disposed to gather 
too much propolis. A queen procured from another apiary. 
should be tested as to these points before she is extensively used. 
for breeding queens. Select a stock containing such a queen ; 
this stock should be well furnished with good fresh worker combs, 
and should be in thoroughly good condition for wintering ; 
remove all drone comb from this stock, which may be called 
stock ‘Q.”? Stimulate (106) and spread brood (90) in the 
spring, so as to bring this stock forward as much as is desirable. 
When stock ‘“Q” swarms, hive the swarm as described in 
: paragraph 95. Then move stock ‘“Q” to 
148. Forming —q position clear of the line of flight of bees 
Miler from the other hives, at which place the 
* nucleus hive or hives are later on to stand ; 
then transfer the frames from stock ‘‘ Q ”’ to the nucleus hive or 
hives (57), using three frames to form each nucleus, and taking 
care that each nucleus shall contain one or preferably two sealed 
and perfect queen cells, and that the brood, food, and bees shall 
be equally distributed amongst the nuclei. Frames containing 
queen cells must not be shaken, nor jarred, as the young queens 
in the cells might be injured by doing so; if it is necessary to 
remove bees from such frames, do so with a feather. Cover 
the nuclei snugly, and if they must be placed near other hives, 
let them face in a different direction. The presence of eggs 
regularly deposited in a nucleus hive indicates that the queen 
has been fertilized, she may then be introduced into any stock 
which it is desired to re-queen (152); each nucleus hive may 
be further utilized for rearing queens (149): when no longer 
required for that purpose, the nuclei may be united with each 
other, or with stock hives. 
If it is desired to provide additional nuclei to accommodate all 
the perfect queen cells in the nuclei formed 
149. Providing from stock “Q” (148); take from a strong 
additional Nuclei. stock one frame of honey and pollen and 
two frames of sealed brood together with the 
adhering bees, but taking care that neither the queen nor a queen 
cell is on any one of the frames ; place the three frames with the 
bees adhering to them, in a nucleus hive, and shake the bees 
of three other frames on to them; all the old bees will return 
to the parent stock, leaving only the young bees in the nucleus 
to nurse the brood. Cover up; place a wisp of grass in the 
entrance, through which the bees will have to cut their way to 
find an exit; this will cause them to mark the site; place the 
nucleus hive where it is to stand (148); put two frames of 
drawn worker comb or foundation in the parent stock to take 
the place of the three frames removed, and on the following day 
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