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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
one hive to receive such help as will put it into 
condition before autumn brings work to an end. The 
objection that bees in such small numbers swarm out 
is only true when they are ill cared for. Feeding 
with candy cake constantly, seems to cure the evil. 
With this attention, and leaving each laying queen 
until she has filled the combs where free of store, 
these small nuclei will sustain themselves, in average 
seasons, with a drain upon the larger stocks that is 
almost inappreciable. 
Fig. 84 .— Queen Nursery (Scale, i). 
■p, Partition ; c, Cage drawn from Position ; qc, Queen-cell. 
It sometimes happens that a second batch of 
queen-cells are ready, and demanding immediate 
attention, if they are not to be destroyed, and yet 
no nucleus hives are at liberty to receive them. 
Possibly, bad weather has delayed the first lot of 
queens in securing impregnation, and they must now 
remain where they are until eggs are laid, or until 
they are discarded as useless. To meet this diffi- 
culty, a device called a queen nursery has been intro- 
