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The queenless stocks will now havd queen-cells on 
the comb given them from the pure stock. Ten days 
after the first stock has been provided with a comb from 
a pure stock, each perfect queen-cell should be trans- 
ferred to a nucleus; if the nuclae have commenced to 
build queen-cells, they should be clipped out at the 
time of transferring the perfect queen-cell. The comb 
from which the queen-cells have been cut may be re- 
turned to the pure stock, and another comb containing 
eggs and unsealed brood may be given to the queenless 
colony. I wo or three days after the queen-cells have 
been inserted in the nucleus, they should be examined, 
as soms cells may be destroyed or prove worthless, and 
they will have to be replaced with others. If new cells 
are needed, open the next queenless stock started five 
days later, and cut out the most matured capped queen- 
cell, and insert it where required. At the same time 
ascertain the number of perfect queen-cells remaining, 
and at once form new nuclae as directed in the first 
case, and transfer the queen -cells on the tenth or 
eleventh day after the stock has received the comb 
from the pure hive. If any of this lot of queen-cells 
should be destroyed, or prove worthless, they may be 
replaced with others, taken from the second set of 
queen-cells started in the first hive. The nucleus 
should be fed regularly unless the bees are storing 
honey. Guard against robber-bees, as nuclae, small, 
weak and queenless, would soon be destroyed by them, 
