. Bees and honey; or, The management of an apiary for pleasure and profit. Bees. 64 BEE CULTURE. MAKING NUCLEI COLONIES. Nuclei are made by taking two or more frames, as may be desired (at least one of which should contain brood), with adhering bees, and the fraine, ah'eady furnished as described, with a queen-cell, and shaking into the hive the bees from one or more frames, so that there may be enough young bees to remain after the old bees have returned to their former hives, to keep the temperature sufficiently high to hatch out the brood, as well as to care for the emerging Queen. In makin
. Bees and honey; or, The management of an apiary for pleasure and profit. Bees. 64 BEE CULTURE. MAKING NUCLEI COLONIES. Nuclei are made by taking two or more frames, as may be desired (at least one of which should contain brood), with adhering bees, and the fraine, ah'eady furnished as described, with a queen-cell, and shaking into the hive the bees from one or more frames, so that there may be enough young bees to remain after the old bees have returned to their former hives, to keep the temperature sufficiently high to hatch out the brood, as well as to care for the emerging Queen. In making up nuclei colonies be sure not to take away the Queen with any of the frames, else the cell Avill be destroyed, and all their labor lost. It is better to use the regular frames for nuclei hives, and either use the ordinary hives with a division-board (Fig. 40) to contract the brood-chamber, and economize the heat, or make small hives just to suit the number of frames Fig. 40.—Division Board. Many inquire whether there is any patent on the ordinary division-board, or not. We say emphatically, No ! One man claims a patent on a division-board litted up with "woolen" or "rubber strips," at the sides, and " lugs," or feet at the bottom. No one need fear to use the ordinary " ; A board of one piece is neither patented nor 2)atcntable ! As the virgin Queen emerges from the nucleus to meet the drones, sometimes the bees will accompany her if the}^ have no unsealed brood. To prevent this, two or three days after the Queens are hatched, insert a frame containing eggs and young larvie in each nucleus. If the Queen should be lost on her bridal tour, the materials will be on hand for the bees to rear another, if it is unnoticed by the 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 p
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