Excerpt from An Improved System of Propagating the Honey Bee My invention refers to the rearing of queens, and consists in placing the comb known as worker cells, in a horizontal posi tion, so that the cells shall be vertical, or nearly so, by the means hereinafter described. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.