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THE HIVE AND UONEY-BICE. 
on the point of a knife or pen, and by placing it on tlio 
iimer margin of any worker-cells, feel confident that the 
larvae in them will be reared as queens; and as these royal 
cells are separate, and on the margin of the comb, they 
can be easily and safely removed. This is another import¬ 
ant advance in jiractical bee-culture, for which we are in¬ 
debted to the sagacity of Dziorzon.”— HienemeUuny, 
1858, p. 199. Translated by Mr. Wag^ier. 
If the spare queen-cells are cut out (p. 166) from /, be¬ 
fore the first queen matures, other nuclei m.ay 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 m.ay be returned 
in it, to be used for a similar purpose. The expert wll 
also be able to catch up adhering bees, by slightly movingf 
the parent-stocks (p. 161), and in various other ways, 
which will readily suggest themselves. 
* Dzierzon estiumtos a fortllo queon to be worth, In the swarming season, one- 
half the pricu of a new swarm. 
t If the atlherlng bees are thus obtained, and there Is not a cluster of bees on 
the brood-comb, they may bo so dissatisftod with Its deserted appearance, as to re¬ 
fuse to stay. If they Intend to submit to this system of forced colonization, they 
will, howovor much agitated at first, soon join the cluster of bees on the comb; 
otherwise, they will quickly abandon the Live, carrying oil’ with them all thst 
were put in with the comb. 
While it U admitted that bees can raise a queen from am.y worker-egg or young 
larva, Is It certain that workers of any age are able or disposed to do it? 
Uuher speaks of two kinds of workers: “ One of those Is, In general, destined for 
the eluborutioD of wax, and Its size is considornbly enlarged when full of honey; 
the other Immedintely imparts what it has collected, to its companions; its abdomen 
undergoes no s msiblc change, or it retains only the honey necessary for its own sub- 
sUtence. The particular function of the bees of this kind is to take care of tlio 
young, for they are not chargcul with provisioning the hive. In oppcisitlon to the 
wax-worker*', we shall call them small bees, or mvses. 
^ Although, the external difference be inconsiderable, this is not an imaginary 
