THE REARING OF QUEEN BEE8. 
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used for the first time, each cell should be thoroughly daubed on the 
inside with royal jelly. This seems to give to it the odor of ;i queen 
cell; at any rate the bees are much more ready to accept it. A small 
amount of royal jelly should then be put at the bottom of the concave 
mm* *** i' H ' h h in 
FlG. 2. — Standard frame with bars of queen cells on wooden bases. The top bar holds cells of the 
Root pattern (original). 
depression, and a larva from the colony of the breeding queen placed 
on it. The larva must not be more than three days old. and it is far 
better to use one which has not been hatched from the egg for more 
than one day. This transfer from the worker cell to the artificial 
queen cell may be done with 
a match or toothpick which 
has been cut thin and bent 
on the end to an angle of 
about 45 . No special tool 
is necessary, although when 
this procedure is to be re- 
peated frequently it may be 
desirable to use a steel rod 
or some similar instrument, 
shaped as above described. 
The bar is then placed in a 
queenless colony, and the 
bees will build down on the 
cells until they complete 
them, at the same time feed 
ingthelan ;e with royal jelly 
until tin 4 time comes for the 
cell to be sealed. As a rule not all the cells an 1 accepted, but juM as 
many will be accepted in the case of artificial cells a- when natural cells 
are fastened to a bar. as previously described. If a two-storj hive is 
Fir,. 3.— Two-story hive with perforated zinc honey board 
between stories, the top to be used for queen rearing 
l original). 
