. Bees for pleasure and profit; a guide to the manipulation of bees, the production of honey, and the general management of the apiary. Bees. 88 BEES FOE PLBASUEE AND PROFIT. leave little holes or spaces for ventilation. In all other respects the printed directions for hatching hens' eggs, sent with each of these incubators, should be followed, excepting that the sand in the tin should not be wetted, and the heat we should aim at maintaining should be from 85° to 95°. When nuclei are to be formed on a large scale these little incubators are, of course, quite inadequate. A very large chicken in
. Bees for pleasure and profit; a guide to the manipulation of bees, the production of honey, and the general management of the apiary. Bees. 88 BEES FOE PLBASUEE AND PROFIT. leave little holes or spaces for ventilation. In all other respects the printed directions for hatching hens' eggs, sent with each of these incubators, should be followed, excepting that the sand in the tin should not be wetted, and the heat we should aim at maintaining should be from 85° to 95°. When nuclei are to be formed on a large scale these little incubators are, of course, quite inadequate. A very large chicken incubator should then be employed, although with care I have used an ordinary plant propagator (which is much cheaper) with great success. Converting Sections into Miniature Frames. Before placing the sections of sealed brood in the incubator, a thin strip of wood, 4| inches long by | inch broad and | inch. 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 Samson, George Gordon. London, C. Lockwood and son
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