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little near the point of the qneen-cell, so that the 
queen may not be obstructed when emerging at the 
point. In transferring a queen-cell, great care should 
be taken not to expose it long to the rays of the sun or 
to the cool air, or to any pressure that may destroy its 
inmate. After the cell is adjusted, the place where the 
piece of comb containing it joins the brood comb may 
be pinched a little to retain it in position, and the bees 
will do the rest ; close the hive, diminish the entrance, 
and set the nucleus on a new stand two or three rods 
from the parent stock. In this manner form more 
nuclae until all the queen-cells except one arc transferred; 
then go to the stock from which the first nucleus was 
formed, select a comb containing eggs and sealed 
brood, brush back all the bees and insert it next to the 
comb containing the queen-cell. This is done, not 
only to strengthen the nucleus, but to induce the bees, 
which might otherwise leave the nucleus hive at the 
time the queen comes forth to meet the drones, to re- 
main with the unsealed brood raised from the eggs in 
that comb. Should the queen, while out to 
meet the drones, be lost, the fact may be easily ascer- 
tained because of the small number of bees, and we 
have only to insert another queen-cell, and a comb 
containing eggs and brood, and await the result. 
