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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
The bee-keeper may have occasion, not only to 
divide his bees into separate lots, under one roof, but 
actually be necessitated to confine one or more of the 
individuals of a colony of which the others are neces- 
sarily left free. One example will now suffice : 
The queen unimpeded may travel to the combs which 
we have in idea fondly devoted to table uses, and 
there deposit eggs, interfering with our notion of the 
Fig. 24.— a, Queen-excluder Zinc (least size, to pass Workers). B, Passes 
Queens, but not Drones. C, Passes Drones. 
fitness of things, by changing the larder into a nursery. 
The more bulky body she possesses, as compared 
with the workers, enables us to restrict her mean- 
derings while her attendants enjoy the fullest liberty. 
This is now accomplished by what is called “excluder- 
zinc,” or “ queen-excluder,” the varied methods of em- 
ploying which will require, subsequently, detailed 
explanation. A worker, when loaded with honey, can 
just traverse a hole -g^in. in least diameter, which must 
