British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . or shakingthe bees into the hive. It was stated above that the nuclei shouldbe set up at least 30ft. from the parent a horse and spring-cart can beeasily obtained it is advantageous to move 114 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 22, 1906. them several miles away, for then (1) nota single bee can return to the parent hives,consequently fewer bees may be put intoeach nucleus, and (2) the nuclei will obtaintheir food from a new district. This planis specially valuable where select fertilisa-tions are wanted—for instance, in breed-ing for the imp
British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . or shakingthe bees into the hive. It was stated above that the nuclei shouldbe set up at least 30ft. from the parent a horse and spring-cart can beeasily obtained it is advantageous to move 114 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 22, 1906. them several miles away, for then (1) nota single bee can return to the parent hives,consequently fewer bees may be put intoeach nucleus, and (2) the nuclei will obtaintheir food from a new district. This planis specially valuable where select fertilisa-tions are wanted—for instance, in breed-ing for the improvement of any character,because hives containing drones of selectedparentage can be removed with the nucleito a district where very few other colonies,and these English bees, exist. It is impor-tant that the nucleus hives for transportshould be light and strong. I make mineof fin. basswood. The floor is fixed to thebrood-chamber, and does not project be-yond it; there are spikes projecting fromthe under edge of each partition, and they. Fig. 5. Sladens Improved Nursery Cage for Queen-cells and Virgin Queens. press into the floor, and so keep the par-tition from moving. A special frameworkcover is substituted for the section-rack,and is fastened over the top of the brood-chamber by means of screws. My improved nursery-cage for the hatch-ing of virgin queens and for holding themuntil they are distributed to the nuclei isillustrated in fig. 5. The ripe queen-cellis held in position by the wire-cloth sides,which can be easily adjusted to grip se-curely queen-cells of any size. The cageopens on a new principle, which makes theinsertion or removal of the queen-cell orof food for the queen expeditious and cage hangs between the combs somedistance from the top by the stout wireshaft, the bent portion of which rests on the top bar of one of the frames. The pupa,or queen, is thus kept warm between brood,and this is very important in the cold nightsof May and June. The cage i
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