. Bees and honey; or, The management of an apiary for pleasure and profit. Bees. Fig. 38.—Finished Queen CeU, sealed over. The young queen pierces a hole through the edge of the cover (Fig. 39, a) with her mandibles (Fig. 35), and then makes a circular cut along its periphery. Being thus de- tached from the cell walls, the cap drops, opening a circular passage, through which the queen emerges. To cut a queen cell out, commence on each side of the base of the cell, not nearer than half an inch, and cut upwards a wedge-shaped piece (see Fig. 11), being careful not to squeeze. Fig. 39.—.1 Bipe Qu
. Bees and honey; or, The management of an apiary for pleasure and profit. Bees. Fig. 38.—Finished Queen CeU, sealed over. The young queen pierces a hole through the edge of the cover (Fig. 39, a) with her mandibles (Fig. 35), and then makes a circular cut along its periphery. Being thus de- tached from the cell walls, the cap drops, opening a circular passage, through which the queen emerges. To cut a queen cell out, commence on each side of the base of the cell, not nearer than half an inch, and cut upwards a wedge-shaped piece (see Fig. 11), being careful not to squeeze. Fig. 39.—.1 Bipe Queen Cell. or even to handle the base of the cell. A similar wedge- shaped piece must be cut out of the frame of comb that it is desired to put the cell into. Then carefully place the cell into the hole thus made, fitting it securely in position ; place the frame into the hive and close it 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 Newman, Thomas Gabriel, 1833-1903. Chicago, American Bee Journal
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