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IMPROVED QUEEN-REARING
OR
HOW TO REAR LARGE, PROLIFIC, LONG-LIVED QUEEN BEES
The Result of Nearly Half a Century’s Experience in Rearing Queen Bees, Giving the Practical, Every-day Work of the Queen-Rearing Apiary
Improved Bay State closed-end frame Bee-Hive. Used by thousands of Bee-Keepers many years with great success. Construction of brood-frames same as the Dawzeubaker. Frames are reversible and held in position by side boards and two iron rods.
PREFACE
This little book is written and designed to instructthose engaged in bee-keeping in the art of rearingqueen bees. The long experience of the author inthis particular branch of apiculture, as herein detailed,may prove not only instructive but interesting. Thatthe work may meet the approbation of its readers is thewish of
Illustration of the original Bay State Bee-Hive. Invented and used by Henry Alley, more than twenty years ago. This hive was specially devised for wintering bees successfully on summer stands and for the production of the largest amount of honey.
CONTENTS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Breeding queen, where to keep | 16 |
| Cell building, how to prepare a colony for | 18 |
| Cell building, method number one | 19 |
| Cell building, method number two | 26 |
| Cell building, method number three | 29 |
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