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without a trace of injury to anything, when the queen 
lias left it. 
The bees will frequently huddle their queen-cells 
together in such a manner that it is impossible to 
separate all from one another without an occasional 
mishap, making a small opening somewhere, when 
the bees will almost always refuse to let the cell 
hatch, although we may repair with a little wax, 
as some writers suggest. My handiwork, I believe. 
AND Doolittle Cage. 
A—tb, tb, Top Bars ; qc. Queen-cell ; p, p, Pupie. B, Doolittle Cage— Z, I, Lugs ; e. 
Exit. C, Doolittle Cage in Section— rync, Queen-cell ; other Letterings as before. 
has never been accepted where I have allowed the 
little fidgets an opportunity of pulling it to pieces. 
If we can break down our clusters to two, we can 
generally save all, for a pair passed between the 
top bars, if carefully watched, may be removed, 
before mischief has happened, after one queen has 
left. The remaining cell will be given to a nucleus, 
which, even if kept waiting, will only amuse itself 
by building cells that are soon to be destroyed. 
A caution is needed with reference to separating 
the top bars, with a queen-cell between them. 
