. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 236 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES start them, but to take the very best i-are of Uieui. We can probably bnd no bees better fitted to produce good queen-cells than those that of their own accord have already engaged in the business. So a strong colony is chosen which has already started queen-cells in preparation for swarming. All queen- cells already started are desti'oyed, the queen is i-emoved, and. Fi<h So—Bee-l)resfi. one of the frames is taken away, lea\ ing a vacancy in the cen- ter of the hive. Most likely the colony has one or more supers, but
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 236 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES start them, but to take the very best i-are of Uieui. We can probably bnd no bees better fitted to produce good queen-cells than those that of their own accord have already engaged in the business. So a strong colony is chosen which has already started queen-cells in preparation for swarming. All queen- cells already started are desti'oyed, the queen is i-emoved, and. Fi<h So—Bee-l)resfi. one of the frames is taken away, lea\ ing a vacancy in the cen- ter of the hive. Most likely the colony has one or more supers, but are not to be taken away. BLiOOD FOR QUEEN-CELLS. We now go to the nucleus containing our best queen, take out the frame with the \'ii'gin couib, and reiilace it with an. 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 Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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