. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 546 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Aug. 3, 190S nucleus, with the added advantage that the queens can be found instantly. I hold in my hand here one of Mr. Pratt's "baby" nucleus- boxes. As you will see. it is a miniature hive made of ter-inch stuff with a small flight-hole in front. This has a tin slide on the outside so that the hole can be closed, and a. perforated zinc slide on the inside. This latter can be re- volved around, holding the queen after she is mated. The little frames, as you will note, are secured to the cover, hav- ing n
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 546 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Aug. 3, 190S nucleus, with the added advantage that the queens can be found instantly. I hold in my hand here one of Mr. Pratt's "baby" nucleus- boxes. As you will see. it is a miniature hive made of ter-inch stuff with a small flight-hole in front. This has a tin slide on the outside so that the hole can be closed, and a. perforated zinc slide on the inside. This latter can be re- volved around, holding the queen after she is mated. The little frames, as you will note, are secured to the cover, hav- ing no ears nor projections. They are not made permanently fast, but are secured by a staple bent at right angles, folded over against the top-bar. When these little frames are filled with comb and bees, the cover is turned bottom up, leaving the frames standing upright. If the queens or the eggs are not discovered on the two outside 'of the combs, a sliding twist will remove one of the frames so that its inside surface, as well as the inside surface of the other comb, can be readily seen. If the queen is laying, the fact can be noted at a glance. If she is to be caged and sent out through the mails she can be located without hunting. We have gone so far as to take every bee in the box and put it in the mailing- cage with the queen. In cases of this kind we supply the box with fresh bees in the manner I shall presently explain. To get these little "baby" frames filled with comb, we make them of just the right size so that six of them will fit in a standard Langstroth frame, a good deal as eight sections used to be inserted in the old-style wide-frame. Each of these little frames is supplied with foundation, and the whole in one frame is set down in the center of a strong colony. In a few hours the comb will be drawn out, and will contain some honey if honey is coming in, as well as, possibly, a few Please note that these images are extracted from sca
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