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THE HIVE AND HONEY-BKE. 
on the point of a knife or pen, and by placing it on the 
inner margin of any worker-cells, feci confident that the 
larvae in them will bo reared -as queens ; and as these royal 
cells are separate , and on the margin of the comb, they 
can be easily anil safely removed. This is another import- 
ant advance in practical bee-culture, for which we are in- 
debted to the sagacity of Dzierzon.” — Bienenzeitung , 
1858, p. 190. Translated by Mr. Wagner. 
If the spare queen-cells are cut out (p. 166) from I, be- 
fore the first queen matures, other nuclei may be formed 
by similar processes; indeed, with movable combs, any 
number of queens may be raised, and kept where, when 
wanted, they can be readily secured.* 
Both the original nuclei, I and II, and those made from 
their sealed queens, may be formed by bringing from 
another Apiary, in a small box, the few adhering bees 
which are wanted (p. 162) ; and as many may be returned 
in it, to be used for a similar purpose, l^lie expert will 
also be able to catch up adhering bees, by slightly moving) 
the parent-stocks (p. 161), and in various other ways, 
which will readily suggest themselves. 
, Dzierzon estimates a fertile queen to lie worth, in the swarming season, one- 
half the price of a now swarm. 
+ If the adhering bees are thus obtained, and there is not a cluster of bees on 
the brood-comb, they may bo so dissatisfied with its deserted appearanco, as to re- 
fuse to stay. If they intend to submit to this system of forced colonization, they 
will, however much agitated at first, soon join the cluster of bees on the comb ; 
otherwise, they will quickly abandon the hive, carrying off with them all that 
were put in with the comb. 
While it is admitted that bees can raise a queen from any worker-ogg or young 
larva, is it certain that workers of any age are able or disposed to do it? 
Huber speaks of two kinds of workers : “ One of these Is, in general, destined for 
the elaboration of wax, and its size Is considerably enlarged when full of honey; 
the other immediately Impartswhat it has collected, to its companions; its abdomen 
undergoes no sensible change, or it retains only the honey necessary for its ow n sub- 
sistence. The particular function of the bees of this kind is to take care of the 
young, for they are not charged with provisioning the hive. In opposition to tho 
wax-workers, we shall cull them small bees, or nurses. 
“ Although the external difference be Inconsiderable, this Is not on Imaginary 
