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A Modern Bee-Farm 



Mark each frame with the date of setting the eggs, and allow 

 eleven days before cutting out the cells, that they may remain in 

 the correct temperature of the hive until the last, and yet be 

 certain that none hatch to cause mischief. 



Our cells, therefore, are not removed until the queens are 

 almost at maturity, and now they are to be placed in the 



Queen Nursery. 



This may consist of a shallow frame composed of a number 

 of compartments \\ inch wide with a wire loop in one side to 

 hold the cell. Place this frame on top of the cell nursery hive 

 with a piece of linen intervening ; the lower side of the frame is 



Queen Nursery for top of Hive. 



to be covered with a piece of strainer cloth, glued to the par- 

 tition walls, and the top of each compartment is to be covered 

 with a piece of wire cloth. For this purpose, the sides of the hive 

 should project above the frames so that the heat may be retained, 

 and the whole is to be covered first by a layer of felt, next a 

 sheet of American oil cloth, and again one or more pieces of 

 felt. The entire heat of the hive is thus reserved, and the 

 temperature of the nursery will be about 90°. It should not 

 descend below 85" nor rise above 95°, and must be carefully 

 regulated by the size of the entrance, in accordance with the out- 

 side temperature. This plan will be found far preferable to those 

 nurseries hanging in the hive like an ordinary frame, as the 

 temperature is more certain, and one can see at a glance when a 

 queen has hatched ; though neither of these plans will be of much 

 use when cool weather comes on. 



