. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. IWU THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 235 ing the size of the queen-cells built over larviB on worker comb, for with one exception all were too small. The most of them are only about five-sixteenths of an inch, while three-eights is much nearer the si/.(! of the inside of the cell producing a good queen either from natural swarming or from supersedure. It was from natural swarming cells that L made my lirst forming stick, and if the reader wants to make his stick as it should be, let him make it so it will conform to the bottom three-eights-inch of tlie bes
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. IWU THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 235 ing the size of the queen-cells built over larviB on worker comb, for with one exception all were too small. The most of them are only about five-sixteenths of an inch, while three-eights is much nearer the si/.(! of the inside of the cell producing a good queen either from natural swarming or from supersedure. It was from natural swarming cells that L made my lirst forming stick, and if the reader wants to make his stick as it should be, let him make it so it will conform to the bottom three-eights-inch of tlie best formed natural queen-cell he QUEEN-CELLS. The Use of Artificial Cups in Their Construction—How Given to the Bees Without Opening the Hive, Etc. HY THE EIJITOB. THE hive in the foreground of the accompanying illustration will clearly show our cell-building arrangement. In the picture the flat lid has been removed, leaving the honey board exposed to view. Ventilation—which is very important —is secured by setting the hive upon an. can liud and he will have it just right. There is much more that could be said on tills subject, but I will leave it here, lioping that each reader will keep up a constant thinking on the carcinal principles of queen-rearing, until the queen-rearing of tomorrow may reach a higher plane than has that of to-day. Borodino, N. Y., Oct. 25. lyoo. It is false economy to form nuclei with too few bees. uivcited ventilating screen, such as we use in moving bees from place to place. It consists of a four-inch rim covered with wire-cloth. The thr<Mveighth strips around the bottom-board hold it ch^ar from below, so that the entire bottom of the hive is open; yet no bees can escape. The honey board used is described and illustrated on pagi' 139 of Tiik Bkk- KKKi'ER for August, 18U8. The only alteration necessary is the opening for the insertio:' of the cidl-cups. herein- after Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image
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