. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. MATINd H(>XKS USKI) IN nl EEN KEARlNc; VIII OUEEN REARING AND INTRODUCING '' A bee has the right to have the b.^st of ancestors; blood will telir While it is true that the majority of beekeepers prefer to buy from queen breeders what queens they need, yet a great many rear their own queens, especially if they have a great hon e y - prod ucing strain of bees which they desire to ])erpetuate. If left to them- selves a colony would rear (luecns o n1V at the swarming season, artificial cel


. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. MATINd H(>XKS USKI) IN nl EEN KEARlNc; VIII OUEEN REARING AND INTRODUCING '' A bee has the right to have the b.^st of ancestors; blood will telir While it is true that the majority of beekeepers prefer to buy from queen breeders what queens they need, yet a great many rear their own queens, especially if they have a great hon e y - prod ucing strain of bees which they desire to ])erpetuate. If left to them- selves a colony would rear (luecns o n1V at the swarming season, artificial cell eers rbaoy to kkceivk . '^ J GKAFTEU ECIGS or when made (lueenless. or when about to supersede an old (lucen that shows signs of faihng. When a colonv casts a swarm it will generally be found that there are a number of nice cells left in the hive from which they swarmed, and as these cells are built under the most favorable conditions they are generally the best. To let the colony tear down the surplus ones when the f^rst virgin queen hatches would be the height of folly, as a little care will result in securing some of the very best queens imaginable. To do this, cut out every cell but one, being (61). 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson Co.


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