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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



start them, but to take the very best i-are of Uieui. We can 

 probably bnd no bees better fitted to produce good queen-cells 

 than those that of their own accord have already engaged in 

 the business. So a strong colony is chosen which has already 

 started queen-cells in preparation for swarming. All queen- 

 cells already started are desti'oyed, the queen is i-emoved, and 



Fi<h So — Bee-l)resfi. 



one of the frames is taken away, lea\ ing a vacancy in the cen- 

 ter of the hive. Most likely the colony has one or more supers, 

 but th.ese are not to be taken away. 



BLiOOD FOR QUEEN-CELLS. 



We now go to the nucleus containing our best queen, take 

 out the frame with the \'ii'gin couib, and reiilace it with an 



