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<strong>Better</strong> <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Jay</strong> <strong>Smith</strong><br />
Importance of Food for the Queen Larva…37<br />
The Case of the Two Virgins…38<br />
An Amazing Spectacle…39<br />
So Let Us Get to Work…39<br />
The Breeder Hive…40<br />
Keeping the Breeder Hive Stocked with Bees…42<br />
The Feeder…43<br />
Stocking the Breeder Hive…44<br />
The Starter Hive…46<br />
Food and Water Necessary to the Bees in the Starter Hive…47<br />
Getting the Bees with Which to Stock the Starter Hive…48<br />
Preparing the Cells…49<br />
Putting the Prepared Cells Into the Starter Hive…51<br />
Bees in Perfect Condition for Starting Cells…51<br />
Program of These Rejoicing Bees…52<br />
Finishing the Cells…54<br />
Nurse Bees…56<br />
Old Bees Good Nurses…57<br />
Finishing the Cells-Continued…59<br />
Caution…60<br />
Reviewing the Past…61<br />
Requirements of the Newly-Hatched Virgin…61<br />
The Remedy…62<br />
Early Experience in Cell Production…63<br />
A Colony for Both Starting and Finishing…63<br />
Three-Compartment Hive for Both Starting and Finishing…64<br />
Starting and Finishing in the Same Hive Not Practical…64<br />
Back to the Starter Hive…65<br />
Queenless Colonies Best for Finishing Cells…65<br />
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