Gleanings in bee culture . eated neverdo as good work at laying, and sooner orlater come up missing. If the leg-clippingplan of inducing supersedure is adopted, thequeens should be operated on, about a weekbefore their colonies will be called on for 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 561 cell-furnishing. That method should be pop-ular with modern bee-keeping M. We may confine the queen on one or moreframes of brood at one side of the hive, thecells being completed on the other side. Todo this we must use a tight-fitting queen-excluding division-board, making s^ure thatthe queen can not pass a
Gleanings in bee culture . eated neverdo as good work at laying, and sooner orlater come up missing. If the leg-clippingplan of inducing supersedure is adopted, thequeens should be operated on, about a weekbefore their colonies will be called on for 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 561 cell-furnishing. That method should be pop-ular with modern bee-keeping M. We may confine the queen on one or moreframes of brood at one side of the hive, thecells being completed on the other side. Todo this we must use a tight-fitting queen-excluding division-board, making s^ure thatthe queen can not pass around it at anypoint, or our cells may be destroyed. Or,we may saw grooves in the ends of the hive-body, cutting the division-board of perfoi-ated zinc of such size that the ends will fitin these grooves; but even then the bottomis to be provided for. With all these points in view I constructedmy cell-trough several years ago, and afterextensive trial I can say that it is very effect-ual and exceedingly handy. Refeience to. atwaters cell-trough for gettingqueen-cells started. the cut will explain the construction. It is181\ inches long, 91 deep, wide enough tohold three frames easily. The ends are oftin, soldered to the sides of queen-excludingzinc, while the bottom is a thin board towhich sides and ends are nailed. The top-bars, on which it hangs, are ix^xl9, nailedto the upper edges of the queen-excludingzinc. To use, go to a strong colony, take outfour frames, two of them hatching brood;hang the cell-trough in the middle of thehive. Inside the cell-trough put a frame ofemerging brood, if possible at each side, be-ing sure that the queen is not in the cell-trough. Close the hive; and as soon as thebees are clustered in the vacant space in themiddle of the cell-trough, put in a frame ofstarted cell-cups from your they may remain for ten or eleven days,when they should be distributed to nuclei orbe caged. This device will fit in any standard hive,and is alway
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