BEE MANUAL. les 
As soon as the cell is inserted, place the comb with the 
adhering bees in the centre of a nucleus hive ; put in the other 
combs as already explained, and put on the mat and cover. 
Be sure that you have blocked up the entrance with wire 
cloth so that no bees can escape. ‘Then proceed with the other 
nuclei in the same manner. When all are finished, take the 
nucleus hives to a cool shady place, or if they can be put in a 
dark, well ventilated room or shed, it will be better still. 
Keep them closed till the evening of the second day after that 
on which the cells were inserted, when they may be placed 
where they are to remain, and the bees liberated a little before 
dusk. By confining the bees in this way for a day or two they 
Fig, 102,_INSERTED QUEEN CELL (from which the Queen has emerged). 
become reconciled to their new quarters, and very few fly 
back to their old hive. Before I adopted this plan I some- 
times had a deal of trouble on account of so many bees 
deserting the nuclei. 
The above method of forming nuclei and inserting queen 
cells is no doubt the best to adopt when queen rearing is only 
carried on on a limited scale, and where the loss of a queen 
cell would be felt, but where, as in my own case, a saving of 
time is of greater consequence than the loss of a cell now and 
again, a knowledge of my plan may be of service. 
