. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. QUEEN-REARING. lilu QUEEN-REARING. (luring the tinii' of natuvul swariiiiiif,^ are su- perior: but 1 tliinlv. by sectiriug tliis abund- ance ol' rood in tbe way indicated, we can liave tlieni eciually as good at any season when bees are flying freely. True, it is some trouble to remove all the brood-combs from a strong colony, and we therefore move the colony, hive and all, putting a new hive con- taining our choice larvae in its stead. This plan has never failed to give ns fine queen- cells, and
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. QUEEN-REARING. lilu QUEEN-REARING. (luring the tinii' of natuvul swariiiiiif,^ are su- perior: but 1 tliinlv. by sectiriug tliis abund- ance ol' rood in tbe way indicated, we can liave tlieni eciually as good at any season when bees are flying freely. True, it is some trouble to remove all the brood-combs from a strong colony, and we therefore move the colony, hive and all, putting a new hive con- taining our choice larvae in its stead. This plan has never failed to give ns fine queen- cells, and queens that were prolific and long- lived: and it is so quickly done that a lot of cells may be started every few days during the season. Unless the new hive looks much like the old one, the bees may but few of them go into it, especially if the old one is set so near at hand that they succeed in flnd- ing it. This is an additional reason for hav- ing your liives all just alike. AVe usually place the removed hive at an opposite side of the apiary. By cutting comb containing eggs or young larva? into long strips, and then destroying all the eggs or larv;e except those where we want cells built, we may get our queen-cells in shape so that they are easily cut apart • and by arranging some extra bars across the middle of the frame, we can, without nnich trouble, get (pieen-cells built with the regu- larity of those shown in the cut now TO ise a comb containing larvie of all ages, the l)ees will be jirctty sure to use some that are (i days old, in which case you may have (|ueenshalcliing by llie mill after the larva' were given them, anil tlicy iiiul it in one of tlie little hives and take another. Proceed in this way until you have renuned all the l)rood-combs. As soon as you have found the queen, you are to put her with the comb she is on, in an empty liive. Now you can insert a cell in each comb as fast as you take them from the hive, and then place the comb, cel
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