. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. THE AMEIUCAN 'J. 225 the several editions of the lieekeepers' llandy IJook, notwithstanding the tact that luuKheds of people have visited the Kay State Apiary and seen these doubt- tul things in actual operation. The plan for having the bees build (lueen cells as hinted on the foregoing pages and which have been practised so many years by some of the best queen dealers, is really the only one that comes nearest to nature in any degree outside of natural swarming. In fact, many of the
. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. THE AMEIUCAN 'J. 225 the several editions of the lieekeepers' llandy IJook, notwithstanding the tact that luuKheds of people have visited the Kay State Apiary and seen these doubt- tul things in actual operation. The plan for having the bees build (lueen cells as hinted on the foregoing pages and which have been practised so many years by some of the best queen dealers, is really the only one that comes nearest to nature in any degree outside of natural swarming. In fact, many of the (}ueens reared by my methods are superior to those reared under the swarming impulse. 'I'his, of course, some few people will doubt, yet the queens can be produced that will speak foi- themselves. 1 have no idea that all who read this work will agree with me in all that is claimed. That would be too much to expect. Yet what is herein stated is worthy of the attention of those who keep bees either for pleasure or profit. I am giving no theory, but actual facts. Rearing queens by large quantities. ^Vhile the first plan given here for pro- ducing queens relates more particularly to rearing them on a /arge scale, never- theless it will be found one of the best, even though only a small number of queens are to be reared. Many of those who will read this have l)een made accjuainled through the " Handy Book " with the details of pre- paring the combs and eggs for starting cells, yet it is necessary to give them again, as hundreds of those who now read the American Apiculturist do not have the least idea regarding the best meth- ods practised for rearing queens. Preparing the comb and eggs for queen . cells; necessary tools and fixtures to have at hand. When ready to set the bees to build- ing cells, one of the combs that was re- moved from the hive in which the breeding queen is kept, is taken to a warm room which had been previously prepared for quickly doing the necessary
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