. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 27, 1905. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 311 is much less than 2^2 inches in diameter, the bees will clofj in it, instead of readily passing down through, when the bees from a frame are shaken into the funnel. Having the funnel made, squeeze together at the top, till you have an oval funnel about a foot wide and 22 inches long, in diameter of the two ways across the top. This will collect the bees in better, when the frame is shaken, than it would if left in the ordinary funnel shape. Next bore a hole in the top of the "nucleus box" (that i
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 27, 1905. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 311 is much less than 2^2 inches in diameter, the bees will clofj in it, instead of readily passing down through, when the bees from a frame are shaken into the funnel. Having the funnel made, squeeze together at the top, till you have an oval funnel about a foot wide and 22 inches long, in diameter of the two ways across the top. This will collect the bees in better, when the frame is shaken, than it would if left in the ordinary funnel shape. Next bore a hole in the top of the "nucleus box" (that is what I call this box), which will just let the small or upright part of the funnel down into it, and fix a little door of some kind to cover this hole when the bees are in and the funnel is out. Next put in a section partly filled with honey, left over from last season, putting the same near one end of the box, and fasten it in place by means of a screw, clamp or spring, so that the bees can have something to live on while in the box. This completes all the box part. Now crowd the colonies you have in the spring, toward full colonies, just as fast as possible, using any or all the plans with which you are familiar, or those given in the bee-books, for keeping them warm, stimulating, etc.; and as soon as any one of them gets strong enough, prepare it for queen-rearing, according to the plan given in " Scientific Queen-Rearing," and continue to rear queens from this colony, as you may require, for you can do this and not hin- der this colony from contributing its share of bees for the increase you wish, as well as the others, as the queen is laying all the time in it. As soon as any of the colonies are full of bees, so they •can spare bees from two frames, or from half a pound to a pound, without injuring their future prospects, and you have ripe queen-cells, take the cells out and put them into the queen-nursery to hatch. Now, as soon as the queens are one or two d
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