. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 238 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES one. The only reason I have for so believing is the expressed preference of the bees themselves. Give them larvas of all ages from which to select, and they always choose that which is two days old, or younger. Indeed, it will be seen that in the comb from which I have trimmed the edge (Fig. 80) the larva3 on. Fig. 84—Woman's Bee-Dress. the edge of tlic comb have been out of tlie egg but a short time, for I merely tiiramed awajr the eggs, and possibly not all of them. PLACING THE BREEDING-COMB. The breeding-comb, thus properly
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 238 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES one. The only reason I have for so believing is the expressed preference of the bees themselves. Give them larvas of all ages from which to select, and they always choose that which is two days old, or younger. Indeed, it will be seen that in the comb from which I have trimmed the edge (Fig. 80) the larva3 on. Fig. 84—Woman's Bee-Dress. the edge of tlic comb have been out of tlie egg but a short time, for I merely tiiramed awajr the eggs, and possibly not all of them. PLACING THE BREEDING-COMB. The breeding-comb, thus properly tinmmed, is taken to the queenless colony, and ]>ut in the vacancy that was left for it. On the top-bar of the frame is penciled the date on which the cells are to be cut out, allowing ten days from the time of put-. 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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