. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^ Fig. 4. BOTTOM OF FERTILIZER XUCLEUS-BOX. is a view of the under side of H, showing holes uncovered; B, part of section-box: E E, holes covered inside with perforated zinc; F, flight-hole uncorked; dotted lines show position of thin board when excluder-holes are coveted. fast to the inside of each lid. Pieces of section stuff do very well to close the zinc-covered holes when occasion demands (see dotted lines in Fig. 4). A 'j-inch flight-hole is cut just below the two large holes in one lid only. This is stopped with an ordinary druggist's co
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^ Fig. 4. BOTTOM OF FERTILIZER XUCLEUS-BOX. is a view of the under side of H, showing holes uncovered; B, part of section-box: E E, holes covered inside with perforated zinc; F, flight-hole uncorked; dotted lines show position of thin board when excluder-holes are coveted. fast to the inside of each lid. Pieces of section stuff do very well to close the zinc-covered holes when occasion demands (see dotted lines in Fig. 4). A 'j-inch flight-hole is cut just below the two large holes in one lid only. This is stopped with an ordinary druggist's cork, which is easily drawn when queens are to be introduced. Z^i Now run a perfect-winged and sound-legged young vir- gin queen into each compartment; then recork the flight- holes and expose the zincs on all sides so that the bees can readily enter all the compartments from the sides, yet no queen can leave the compartment in which it is intended to restrict her. Then hang the frames in the hives of such bees as you may have just used in getting a batch of cells, or any queenless and broodless bees you may have at hand. Be careful, however, that there is no sort of queen with them, virgin or otherwise ; and if they have been over three days queenless, a little tobacco smoke should be used. i^r A very simple way of supplying the compartments with young queens is to attach a ripe queen-cell to each comb before adjusting the lids; then hang the frames among queenless and broodless bees with flight holes corked, and zincs exposed. The bees will at once occupy the compartments, and in due time a young queen will hatch inside each compartment. I—I Any queenless bees will soon enter the compartments, and care for the brood and queens ; and as soon as they become settled, feeding may begin. Feed a little sugar syrup (no honey I each day : and at the end of the fifth, if the^weather is fine, remove the frames carefully, bees and all.'? Close all the entrances so none can escape from t
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