. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 278 COMMBECIAL QUEEN BEARING. cages, covered with wire cloth on each side and inserted in a frame. Each cage has two holes at the top, one for a sponge saturated with honey, the other to receive the queen-cell. The frame is inserted in a strong colony, not necessarily Ffg. 109. ROW OF QUEEN CELLS. (Prom Alley.) since these young queens are caged, and have feed at hand when they hatch. The latest style of queen nursery is shown on plate 19. The Doolittlb Method. 530. Since the foregoing was written, the breeding of queens for sale has


. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 278 COMMBECIAL QUEEN BEARING. cages, covered with wire cloth on each side and inserted in a frame. Each cage has two holes at the top, one for a sponge saturated with honey, the other to receive the queen-cell. The frame is inserted in a strong colony, not necessarily Ffg. 109. ROW OF QUEEN CELLS. (Prom Alley.) since these young queens are caged, and have feed at hand when they hatch. The latest style of queen nursery is shown on plate 19. The Doolittlb Method. 530. Since the foregoing was written, the breeding of queens for sale has taken a new impetus. Mr. G. M. Doolittle, of New York, devised a method by which it does not become necessary for man to wait for the action of bees in rearing. 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 Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons


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