. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 9G THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 4, Fig. 3. Comb full of eggs. "White lines showing how it should be sliced up. If there is a very great demand for queens one bar can be made to contain two strips of comb fastened in this way, (Fig. 6), though usually ^^^33 only one strip is used. These bars are placed in a suitable stock, and we soon have beautifully re- gular rows of queen-cells produced. The cells can be cut apart -without in- jury, and inserted in the nuclei for subsequent hatching, and consequent fertilisation, and we ge
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 9G THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 4, Fig. 3. Comb full of eggs. "White lines showing how it should be sliced up. If there is a very great demand for queens one bar can be made to contain two strips of comb fastened in this way, (Fig. 6), though usually ^^^33 only one strip is used. These bars are placed in a suitable stock, and we soon have beautifully re- gular rows of queen-cells produced. The cells can be cut apart -without in- jury, and inserted in the nuclei for subsequent hatching, and consequent fertilisation, and we get thus far better results than by the old plan of notching combs to induce queens to raise queen-cells (Fig- b'«). Fig. 4. Egg in altornate cells removed. Mr. Pometla thinks it of (he highest importance that each grub should have a full supply of royal jelly; the test of â â ___ this is that some should CJ^^#^^^^| be left in the cell, after â the queen has hatched; therefore, before the cells Fig. 4a. Strip ready for fastening in. are seale(j 0Ter> be joo].g through and picks out with his knife any with an appa- rent short supply. Still further, to secure these desired. 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 London
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