. Advanced bee-culture, its methods and management. Bees. ADVANCED BEE CULTURE. 89 as another batch of virgin queens is read\% these little boxes, when emptied of bees, are readj^ to be re-tilled and used as before. Another advantage of this method is the ease with which queens may be mated to select drones. It is the transportability of the nuclei that allows this. A man can carry from 15 to 25 on his arm, like a load of stove wood; or hundreds of them may be piled into a spring-wag-on, together with a colony of choice drones, and carried. Please note that these images are extracted from scan
. Advanced bee-culture, its methods and management. Bees. ADVANCED BEE CULTURE. 89 as another batch of virgin queens is read\% these little boxes, when emptied of bees, are readj^ to be re-tilled and used as before. Another advantage of this method is the ease with which queens may be mated to select drones. It is the transportability of the nuclei that allows this. A man can carry from 15 to 25 on his arm, like a load of stove wood; or hundreds of them may be piled into a spring-wag-on, together with a colony of choice drones, and carried. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hutchinson, William Z. , 1851-1911. Flint, Mich. , The Review Print
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