. Bee culture; or, Successful management of the apiary. Bees. BEE CULTURE. 23 inch thick !! True, we take the wax they produce, melt it up, spread it into sheets, and then configurate it, showing the base or foundation of the cells—but there our inventive genius, for the present at least, " takes a ; In compari- son with their workmanship, ours is as a thick sheet of wrapping paper to a delicate sheet of tissue paper ! It is estimated that it takes about 20 pounds of honey to produce one pound of wax ; it is therefore all-important that all good pieces of comb should be preserve
. Bee culture; or, Successful management of the apiary. Bees. BEE CULTURE. 23 inch thick !! True, we take the wax they produce, melt it up, spread it into sheets, and then configurate it, showing the base or foundation of the cells—but there our inventive genius, for the present at least, " takes a ; In compari- son with their workmanship, ours is as a thick sheet of wrapping paper to a delicate sheet of tissue paper ! It is estimated that it takes about 20 pounds of honey to produce one pound of wax ; it is therefore all-important that all good pieces of comb should be preserved and given again to the bees. There are three kinds of cells in a hive. The smaller ones are hexagonal, and a little more than one-fifth of an inch in diameter, and are called Worker cells ; the larger ones of the same shape are one-fourth of an inch in diameter, and are. Fig. 11.—Frame of Brood. called Drone cells. These cells may be seen illustrated in Fig. 11. The smaller or "Worker cells being shown at the top ; the larger or Drone cells, at the bottom. The other cells, of different size and shape, (see Fig. 11.) are Queen cells ; one is shown in the centre of the engraving, and four more on the left. They extend vertically or diagonally downwards, and very much resemble a peanut in form and size—they are simply the birth-place of Queens, and are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Newman, Thomas Gabriel, 1833-1903. [from old catalog]. Chicago, T. G. Newman & son
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