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Fig-. 1. (u) Mtiiliug and introducing- cage. (b) Kui-.'ery and inti-<)du( in'j; cage. (c) Slioi't Wock of 

 nursery and cage, showing perforated zinc at inner end. (d) Introducin:g cage. (e) Block showing 



passage ways at further end of cage d. 



nioch as three days longer, therefore it is 

 well not to open the hive for at least six 

 days after introducing. At that time, if it 

 is found that the queen hasn 't destroyed 

 the queen-cells, tear them down, as the 

 queen is apt to be superceded by the virgin 

 if one is allowed to hatch. In such a case 

 the colony may swarm out if strong enough. 

 For laying-worker colonies or for those that 

 have long been queenless, close each end 

 of the long passageway with a slide (a small 

 piece of tin), allowing the bees to enter 

 thru the shorter passage and join the queen. 

 At the expiration of six or eight days, 

 turn the slides and allow the bees to eat 

 thru and release the queen. 



To. remove a queen from the mailing cage 

 to the introducing cage, get an Alexander 

 bee-veil, rest it perpendicularly on the ta- 

 ble, put the cages and hive tool in the veil, 

 then reach inside and draw down the cloth. 

 Pry the. wire cloth off the mailing cage, 

 catch the queen and put her in the intro- 

 ducing cage; or, if nervous aljout catching 



her, place the cage over the queen and let 

 her run in. Or, if time is not pressing, put 

 the cages together so that the holes meet, 

 and give a few gentle puffs of smoke, when 

 the queen will cross into the other cage. 



The principle of the cage is this: After 

 the bees have eaten the candy thru the short 

 passage, they are allowed access to the 

 queen. The queen is not released on ac- 

 count of a perforated strip, which covers 

 the inner end of the short passageway. Since 

 it is only when the queen is outside of the 

 introducing cage that there is any danger 

 of her being killed, this perforated zinc 

 does away with all danger of the queen being 

 balled. The bees on entering begin feeding 

 her, and thus get acquainted with her be- 

 fore she leaves the cage; therefore the 

 queen is actually introduced before she is 

 on the combs. 



The Mailing and Introducing Cage. 



The mailing and introducing cage (Fig. 1, 

 a) is on the same jjrinciple as the introduc- 

 ing cage, just described. Holes 1, '2, an<l 



Fig. 2. Thefe nurfery and introducing cages are pla<<'d in tlie lower part of tlie frame, thus leaving the 

 cells in a warm ])lace near the middle of the frame. I>ars a and 1, iiioilised and stapled into the end 

 l.ars hold the cages in jilaic in llie frame. The ui)iKr half of llie fiamc mav l.e (iccupied hv coml> or a 



pieci' (if luiard. 



