. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 46 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. tirely. After the young queens are two or three days old, I open the tent-entran- ces at ii:oo A. M., and leave them open until 1:30 P. M., each day, for several days, or until the queens are mated. Now for the drones: At the same time that I remove the queen from the choice the queen could reach the top of the tent. Before they separate, the queen and drone fall nearly to the ground, and the queen goes directly to her home that she left not three minutes before. If I were to build another mating-tent, I should build it about
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 46 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. tirely. After the young queens are two or three days old, I open the tent-entran- ces at ii:oo A. M., and leave them open until 1:30 P. M., each day, for several days, or until the queens are mated. Now for the drones: At the same time that I remove the queen from the choice the queen could reach the top of the tent. Before they separate, the queen and drone fall nearly to the ground, and the queen goes directly to her home that she left not three minutes before. If I were to build another mating-tent, I should build it about as follows: I. ,,__',,..T â /f^'. 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 National Bee-keepers' Association. [Flint, Mich. : s. n.
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