66 BEE CULTURE. 
The new colony having a young and fertile queen, and plenty 
of bees, will soon rival the old one in the vigor of its work 
Each of the nuclei can be built up in this way, giving a new 
colony every few days—or, if the apiary be large, several every 
day—and thus effectually prevent swarming. Increase being 
secured in this way, none of the colonies are disturbed, and 
the bees everywhere ‘pursue the even tenor cf their way.” 
All being kept strong in numbers they are ready for the 
honey harvest, and will work in boxes very willingly. 
Dividing should be done in the middle of the day, when the 
bees are busy in the fields and the yield of honey is abundant. 
Another plan practiced with success, is to take away the 
division hoard in the nucleus hive, fill the frames with comb 
foundation (Fig. 29), and exchange places with a populous 
colony, caging the queen of the nucleus for about 36 hours, 
or until her acquaintance has been made by the strange bees 
that come pouring into it from the fields—for bees will always 
return to the exact spot occupied by their home. 
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Fie. 41.—Davis’ Queen Nursery. 
To raise queens for the purpose of Italianizing an apiary, 
the Queen Nursery (Fig. 41), invented by Dr. Jewell Davis, 
may be used with success. Put into the cages of the nursery, 
between the tins, a few cells of sealed honey, in new comb if 
possible. Then cut from the combs of a pure Italian colony as 
many queen cells, large and well developed, as you have pre- 
