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THE HIVE AND HONEY-BEE. 
on tbe point of a knife or pen, and by placing it on tlve 
inner margin of any worker-cells, feel confident that the 
larva 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 practical bee-culture, for which we are in¬ 
debted to the sagacity of .Dzierzon.”— Bienenzeitung, 
1858, p. 199. Translated by Mr. Wagner. 
If the spare queen-cells are cut out (p. 1G6) 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. The expert will 
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 estimates a fertile queen to bo worth, in the swarming season, one- 
half the price of a new swarm. 
t If the adhering bees are thus obtained, and there is not a cluster of bees on 
the brood-comb, they may be so dissatisfied with its deserted appearance, as to re¬ 
fuse to stay. If they intend to submit to tjils systom 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 quoen from any worker-egg or young 
larva, is it certain thft workers of any age are able or disposed to do it? 
Huber speaks of two kinds of workers: u One of these is, in general, destined for 
tlie%luboration of wax, and its size is considerably enlarged when full of honey; 
the other immediately imparts what it has collected, to its companions; its abdomen 
undergoes no e msible change, or it retains only the honey necessary for its own 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 the 
wax-worker?, we shall call them small bees, or mwses. 
* Although the external difference be inconsiderable, this Is not an Imaginary 
