FORTY VEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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many sections were stored. If an unusual number of 

 sections was reached, that record follows the queen as 



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Fig. 16, — Entrance Closen. 



longf as she lives. For instance, in the year 1902 there 

 may be found in one case in the marg-in, 44 sec, 60 sec in 

 ipoo, iy8 sec in pp. That means that the progfeny of that 

 queen stored 44 sections in the preceding- year, 1901, 60 

 sections in 1900, and 178 sections in 1899. An unusual 

 record, considering^ the character of the seasons in 1900 

 and 1901. If, in the year 1902, a 1900 queen is by any 

 means replaced by a young- queen, a line is drawn through 

 the 00 and 02 is written below it. 



As soon as I have entered in the record the old num- 

 bers that were on the hives, as previously mentioned, 1 

 am ready to enter the respective ages of the queens. If, 

 for instance, I find at the beginning. No. i (231), I 

 turn to No. 231 in last year's record and find the year set 



