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there is no risk, nor trouble in attending to the regulation of 

 the temperature. In Alley's nursery the young queens are 

 protected when they emerge, and the cages are so made that a 

 supply of food can be placed in them to serve the queens 



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Fig. 103.— ALLEY'S QUEEN NURSERY. 



should it be necessary to keep them in the cages for a time 

 until they can conveniently be disposed of. Of course the cells 

 can be removed before the queens emerge and be given to 

 nuclei in the manner before explained. 



To make the cages (Fig. 104), eighteen of which fit in a 

 narrow Langstroth frame, I use a smooth batten fin. thick by 



Kg, 104.— ALLEY'S QUEEN NTJRSEEY CAGE. 



2 r 7 T in. wide and mark it off into lengths of 2i£in. for each cage. 

 Before cutting them off, the holes are bored — I find an expansive- 

 bit best for this purpose as it bores smoothly. The large central 



