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Table 5. — Record of sealed brood in colony No. 
by weeks 
5 during the season of 1921, 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
| 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Scaled cells 
Mar. 18 
4,187 
May 11 
8,134 
July 6 
11, 502 
Aug. 31 
5,043 
23 
4,919 
18 
8,763 
13 
10, 224 
Sept. 7 
1,640 
30 
3,949 
25 
11,047 
20 
8,669 
14 
2,121 
Apr. 6 
3,696 
June 1 
12, 277 
27 
6,168 
21 
3,300 
13 
4,662 
8 
12,830 
Aug. 3 
4,571 
28 
3,65£ 
20 
4,940 
15 
12, 567 
• 10 
3,803 
Oct. 5 
1,372 
27 
5,765 
22 
13, 062 
17 
4,187 
12 
May 6 
S.949 
29 
12, 405 
24 
7,267 
Table 6. — Record of sealed brood in colony No. 6 during the season of 1921, 
by weeks 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Mar. 18 
5,702 
May 9 
14, 829 
July 5 
13,313 
Aug. 29 
6,029 
21 
7,593 
16 
15, 592 
11 
11,870 
Sept. 6 
4,856 
28 
9,415 
23 
16, 211 
18 
12, 679 
12 
6,686 
Apr. 4 
9,120 
31 
16, 401 
25 
12,554 
19 
7,818 
11 
11,536 
June 6 
14, 130 
Aug. 1 
11,048 
26 
7,871 
18 
12, 976 
13 
11, 893 
8 
9,369 
Oct. 3 
4,694 
25 
12 772 
20 
13, 304 
15 
8,296 
10 
945 
May 2 
14, 497 
27 
14, 690 
22 
7,584 
Table 7. — Record of sealed brood in colony No. 7 during the season of 1921, 
by weeks 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Mar. 17 
4,914 
May 10 
9,923 
July 12 
2,496 
Sept. 13 
9,769 
22 
8,308 
17 
10,319 
19 
2,015 
20 
10, 849 
29 
10, 332 
24 
9,232 
26 
1,253 
27 
5,888 
Apr. 5 
10, 904 
June 1 
7,558 
Aug. 2 
996 
Oct. 4 
4,492 
12 
11, 149 
7 
7,348 
9 
659 
11 
3,066 
19 
10, 050 
14 
6,977 
16 
454 
18 
669 
26 
10,531 
21 
5,436 
23 
338 
May 3 
10, 887 
28 
3,650 
30 
U27 
6 
10, 417 
July 5 
2, 354 
Sept. 6 
2,873 
1 Supersedure. 
Table 8. — Record of sealed brood in colony No. 8 during the season of 1921, by weeks 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Date 
Sealed cells 
Mar. 16 
4,241 
May 19 
8,768 
July 21 
6,411 
Sept. 22 
1,014 
25 
7,092 
26 
8,070 
28 
6,154 
29 
4,380 
31 
7, 650 
June 2 
7,591 
Aug. 4 
5,856 
Oct. 6 
4,147 
Apr. 7 
8,504 
9 
7,669 
11 
5,390 
13 
5 1, 152 
14 
8,542 
16 
6,402 
18 
5,614 
20 
( 6 ) 
21 
7,623 
23 
6,338 
25 
1 2, 685 
26 
520 
28 
8,091 
30 
6,711 
Sept. 1 
( 2 ) 
Nov. 3 
2,075 
May 5 
8,825 
July 7 
6,410 
8 
( 3 ) 
10 
1,136 
14 
9, 088 
14 
6,507 
15 
( 4 ) 
1 Supersedure. 
2 Virgin lost. 
3 Requeened. 
4 New queen laying. 
4 Queenless, requeened. 
New queen laying. 
