. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Marcli 16, 191G.] TJEE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 87 the workers will polish the cells and the queen will lay in them exactly as if they were natural cells. It is well to place this frame of cups into a nucleus for a short time in order that the cups may be worked upon and attached to one another before placing them with the breeding queen. When the eggs have been deposited and the larvae hatched, each cell can be removed separately ; in fact, we can term it " a separable brood ; {To be continued.). Fig. 54. EXPERIENCES WITH "
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Marcli 16, 191G.] TJEE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 87 the workers will polish the cells and the queen will lay in them exactly as if they were natural cells. It is well to place this frame of cups into a nucleus for a short time in order that the cups may be worked upon and attached to one another before placing them with the breeding queen. When the eggs have been deposited and the larvae hatched, each cell can be removed separately ; in fact, we can term it " a separable brood ; {To be continued.). Fig. 54. EXPERIENCES WITH "ISLE OF WIGHT " DISEASE. Bxj J. Price. {Continued from page 36.) In the last notes I wrote, I mentioned the interesting fact that at the British Bee-keepers' Association's Apiary at Swan- ley the bees were still free from any signs of disease after re-stocking a few seasons ago. This is certainly very welcome news and shows what is possible in combating disease when in the hands of a good expert; but I am afraid that ordinary bee-keepers will assume that, although this is possible with experts, there is no chance of success for ordinary individuals. Let us all take hope from this example, and try our best to do likewise, even if we. are not all experts. Our Junior Editor gives his views and instructions very clearly in the pages of the Bee Journal w^eek by week, so that no one need fear to make a fresh start even if success does not come at the first trial. There is no doubt but that the bee- keepers of the future will be of a different class to the majority of those that possessed bees previous to the introduction of " Isle of Wight " disease, and the fight against disease will continue for many years to come. The ravages of foul brood twenty years ago was the dread of every good bee- keeper, and while in many places it was. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration an
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