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<strong>Better</strong> <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Jay</strong> <strong>Smith</strong><br />
We use a jumbo hive cut down to fit the standard frames. One may use the<br />
standard hive but it will be necessary to nail cleats around the bottom to make<br />
room under the frames. The entrance is about midway in front of the hive.<br />
Keeping the Breeder Hive Stocked with Bees<br />
If cells are started every day the bees in the breeder hive will rapidly decrease<br />
in numbers as the only emerging brood they will have is what comes from the<br />
combs in the wood frames, therefore, some way must be provided to keep up<br />
the strength of the colony. We open the starter hive in front of the breeder<br />
hive when we take the started cells out. Many young bees will take wing so<br />
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