. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 12, 1920. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 891 division-boards, making queen - proof chambers one at each side of the hive, and each containing two standard frames. The floor of each of these compartments was carpeted with sacking, so that thera was no direct communication with the chamber, below. (The central part of this top storey was found excellent for raising grafted cells in carriers.) Bees in the outer compartments either built out their nn-n cells or accepted those given, and these emerged; but, though there was an opening to the out
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 12, 1920. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 891 division-boards, making queen - proof chambers one at each side of the hive, and each containing two standard frames. The floor of each of these compartments was carpeted with sacking, so that thera was no direct communication with the chamber, below. (The central part of this top storey was found excellent for raising grafted cells in carriers.) Bees in the outer compartments either built out their nn-n cells or accepted those given, and these emerged; but, though there was an opening to the outer air at the back of ^he hive for each compartment, no queen had ever been mated in the course of the three months the experiment had been tried, nor was a virgin ever found alive after more than three days from emerg- ing. When the back holes were kept closed, the virgin would be discovered dead, but if the holes were open, she would disappear or be found dead out- side. Only in one instance was a cast observed, though it is probable that several virgins were lost that way. The experiment with six compartments m three very strong hives had every time been a complete failure. Doolittle's dictum that "if a virgin hatched above finds its way into the brood- rhamber below, the reigning queen is in- variably superseded by her," was dis- proved; at least, two virgins somehow ^^t below, but had been promptly ejected dead. Next were shown some wonderful photo graphs taken by the Rev. G. H. Hewison. secretary to thp Association. A particu- brly fine microphotograph of the tip of +1ie bee's sting clearly showed the poison ducts. Mr. Hewison makes a specialitv of photomicrography and lantern slides of bees and their anatomy, and those shown included the " tip of the tongue," showing the capillary hairs at the tip; " cpotion through a compound eye," the " blind louse " of the honey bee and its wonderful foot, the different legs of the honey bee, sh
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