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QUEEN BEARING. 



519. A day or two after introducing the queen-cells, the 



Apiarist can ascertain, by examination, whether they have 



been accepted. If they l)ave not been accepted, the cells will 



be found torn open, on the side 



(fig. 92), instead of on the end, 



and the colonies will have begun 



queen-cells of their own brood. 



These queen-cells must be de- 

 stroyed and replaced by others. 



from the next supply. In removing 



them, the greatest care should be 



taken not to pass the deceptive 



queen-cells, if any are there (flg. 



90), which, although less appar- 

 ent, would disappoint the end in 

 view. 



630. When queens are raised 

 ahead of time for artificial in- 

 crease, Italianizing, or for sale, it 

 is more profitable to use nuclei in- 

 stead of full colonies to hatch these 

 queens. The word nuclei (plural 

 of nucleus), from the Latin jiwdews 

 a nut, a kernel, was first applied 

 by Mr. Langstroth to diminutive 

 colonies of bees. This term is 

 now universally adopted on both 

 continents. 



521. When we were raising 

 queens for sale, we had contrived 

 a divisible frame (flg. 93) to make 

 these nuclei of combs taken from 

 full colonies. Our combs could be thus separated in two, 

 and used in smaller hives, and in the Fall, these same combs 

 were returned to the full colonies. Two small frames are 



(Fig 92 ) 

 QUEEN-CELLS, 

 hatched cell; h. sealed cell; 

 <•, rudimentary cell; d, cell 

 torn by the bees. 



