. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. QUEEN-REARING. 1^,1 superseding its queen, this should be utilised for starting the queen-cells, which could be left with it for about forty-eight hours. Instead of introducing ripe queen-cells into nuclei, the queens may be introduced after they have emerged from the cells. On this plan the cells are placed in a nursery-cage devised by Mr. Sladen ( CLOseo Fig. 94.—bladen's Nursery-cage. 94). twelve of these cages being fitted into a frame to f
. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. QUEEN-REARING. 1^,1 superseding its queen, this should be utilised for starting the queen-cells, which could be left with it for about forty-eight hours. Instead of introducing ripe queen-cells into nuclei, the queens may be introduced after they have emerged from the cells. On this plan the cells are placed in a nursery-cage devised by Mr. Sladen ( CLOseo Fig. 94.—bladen's Nursery-cage. 94). twelve of these cages being fitted into a frame to form the nursery. Each queen-cell is held in position by the wire-cloth sides of the cage and the celluloid cover c (Fig. 94) slipped over it. The frame containing the twelve cages is placed between combs of brood in a strong colony and may remain there until the queens are wanted for insertion in nuclei K 2. 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 Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926. London, Madgwick, Houlston
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