264 QUEEN REARING. 
515. The largest number of queen-cells (104) can be 
obtained by cutting holes into the combs under the cells 
containing young larve or eggs, and feeding the bees 
plentifully. Some Apiarists hold that, by leaving them 
without brood of any kind for a few hours, they will raise 
more cells afterwards. ; 
516. Nine days after the furnishing of the brood to the 
queenless colony, count the number of. queen-cells raised, 
remembering that one has to be left to the colony that 
raised them. On the same day, make swarms, (475) or 
nuclei, (622) or destroy worthless queens 
(155) which you desire to replace next 
day. 
517. ‘The next day, with a sharp pen- 
knife, carefully remove a piece of comb, 
an inch or more square, that contains a 
queen-cell (Fig. 89), and in one of the 
brood combs of the hive to which this cell 
is to be given, cut a place just large Rie es. 
enough to receive and hold it ina natural querxn-cuLt, 
position. (Fig. 90.) RENOVEDS 
Each queenless stock can thus be supplied with a quecn, 
Fig. 90. 
(From Gravenhorst.) 
CUTTING OUT AND INSERT- 
ING QUEEN-CELLS. 
A, Unsealed cell. 2B, Iusert- 
edcell. C, Unfinished cell. 
D, Deceptive cell just be 
gun. 
