. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. QUEEN UEAllING. 849 QUEEN-REARING. The next operation is to talce a frame of young larvsejlist hatched from tlie eggs of onr best breeding queen. Each little grub should be picked up with the aforesaid ear- spoon, and gently laid on the royal food pre- viously prepared in one of the cell-cups. A larva shonld be given to every one of the cell-cups in this manner, and when all are supplied they are to be put into the cell- building col
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. QUEEN UEAllING. 849 QUEEN-REARING. The next operation is to talce a frame of young larvsejlist hatched from tlie eggs of onr best breeding queen. Each little grub should be picked up with the aforesaid ear- spoon, and gently laid on the royal food pre- viously prepared in one of the cell-cups. A larva shonld be given to every one of the cell-cups in this manner, and when all are supplied they are to be put into the cell- building colony. Before grafting, liowever, it is advisable to stick a row of about a dozen of these cups on a Hat stick with hot wax. When they are all mounted one may then graft as ex- ])lained. After this stick of grafted cups has been mounted in a brood-frame we are all ready for tlie l)ees to begin wliere man left off. If it is during the swarming season I would se- lect some very strong colony having a queen, place on it a queen-excluding honey-board, and over this an upper story with a few frames of brood. If the colony is already a two-story one, the perforated zinc-board should be inserted between the two sections of the hive. When honey is not coming in freely it should be fed liberally for several days before giving the prepared cups, and until the cells are all capped over. This is important. Into the upper story of such a colony we place our frame with i)repared cells between two frames of brood and bees. If the colony is strong enough the bees will go to work immediately, drawing out the queen-cells, giving them an added supply of royal jelly, and finally completing them. But if it is not very strong or has not been fed before and while the cells are being built, it may and probably will clean out and leave every cell. But tlie average beginner would find it more satisfactory to use for cell-building a strong queenless colony that has been made queenless, broodless, and eggle
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