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the last, and yet be certain that none hatch to cause 



mischief. 



Our cells, therefore, are not removed until the queens 



are almost at maturity, and now they are to be placed 



in the 



Queen Nursery. 



The best plan that can possibly be devised is that of 

 using the cage. Fig. 09, which is placed over the queen or 

 queen cells, where both hone)'- and pollen are to be seen in 

 the cells ; in this case the queens need little attention, and 

 always feed in the most natural manner. Where hatched 

 in other nurseries, they should at once be placed over 

 natural stores in this manner, as no other plan of feeding 

 them will compensate for the loss of pollen. 



The Lamp Nursery 



is frequently used and is invaluable for hatching queens. 

 It consists of double walls and bottom of tin, with stays 

 inside to keep the water from bulging out the sides ; and 

 the internal capacity is large enough to take some half- 

 dozen brood frames, with plenty of lateral space to spare. 

 What might be added with benefit are small holes punched 

 through near the upper inner margin of the tin wall to 

 give moisture. The lid must be of wood covered with 

 warm material, and if the whole is cased in wood, with 

 the exception of an opening above the lamp, the tem- 

 perature will be more even, and a very small flame will 

 suffice to keep the chamber at about 95", the boiler being 

 filled in the first place with water at about 100°. The 

 frames are placed in as the cells near maturity, and the 

 young queens are removed as fast as they gnaw their way 

 out. 



The lamp nursery is sometimes objected to as being 

 unnatural. Where is reason, if we allow such ill-founded 



