. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. Fig. 100. QUEEN-CELL, REJIOVED. them. On the same daj', make swarms, (475) or tiuclei, (522) or destroy worth- less queens (155) which you desire to re- place next day. 517. The next day, with a sharp pen- knife, carefully remove a piece of comb, an inch or more square, that contains a queen- cell (Pig. 100), and in one of the brood combs of the hive to which this cell is to be given, cut a place just large enough to re- ceive and hold it in a natural position. (Fig. 101.) Each ciueenless stock can thus be supplied with a queen, ready to hatch, f
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. Fig. 100. QUEEN-CELL, REJIOVED. them. On the same daj', make swarms, (475) or tiuclei, (522) or destroy worth- less queens (155) which you desire to re- place next day. 517. The next day, with a sharp pen- knife, carefully remove a piece of comb, an inch or more square, that contains a queen- cell (Pig. 100), and in one of the brood combs of the hive to which this cell is to be given, cut a place just large enough to re- ceive and hold it in a natural position. (Fig. 101.) Each ciueenless stock can thus be supplied with a queen, ready to hatch, from the best breeding mother. Pig. 101. (From Gravenhorst.) CUTTING OUT AND INSERT- ING QUEEN-CELLS. A, Unsealed cell. B, in- serted cell. C, Unfin- ished cell. D, Deceptive cell just begun. Unless very great care is used in transferring a royal cell, its inmate will be destroyed, as her body, mitil she is nearly mature, is so exceedingly soft, that a slight compression of her cell—especially near the base, where there is no cocoon— generally proves fatal. For this reason, it is best to defer removing them, until they are within three or four days of hatching. A queen-cell, nearly mature, may be known by its having the wax removed from the lid, by the bees, so as to give it a broicn appearance. 518. If the weather is warm, and the hive, to which a. 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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