64 BEE CULTURE. 
MAKING NUCLEI COLONIES. 
Nuclei are made by taking two or more frames, as may 
be desired (at least one of which should contain brood), 
with adhering bees, and the frame, already furnished as 
described, with a queen-cell, and shaking into the hive the 
bees from one or more frames, so that there may be enough 
young bees to remain after the old bees have returned to 
their former hives, to keep the temperature sufficiently high 
to hatch out the brood, as well as to care for the emerging 
Queen. In making up nuclei colonies be sure not to take 
away the Queen with any of the frames, else the cell will be 
destroyed, and all their labor lost. 
It is better to use the regular frames for nuclei hives, and 
either use the ordinary hives with a division-board (Fig. 40) 
to contract the brood-chamber, and economize the heat, or 
make small hives just to suit the number of frames used. 
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Fic. 40.—Division Board. 
Many inquire wheth2r there is any patent on the ordinary 
division-board, or not. We say emphatically, No / One 
man claims a patent on a division-board fitted up with 
“woolen” or ‘‘rubber strips,” at the sides, and “ lugs,” or 
feet at the bottom. No one need fear to use the ordinary 
‘“«division-board.” A board of one piece is neither patented 
nor patentable ! 
As the virgin Queen emerges from the nucleus to meet 
the drones, sometimes the bees will accompany her if they 
have no unsealed brood. To prevent this, two or three 
days after the Queens are hatched, insert a frame containing 
eges and young larve in each nucleus. If the Queen should 
be lost on her bridal tour, the materials will be on hand for 
the bees to rear another, if it is unnoticed by the apiarist. 
