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or aboAe the brood-nest for feeding or in- 

 troducing queens. It' the colony is weak I 

 feed below and introduce above. If the 

 colony is strong I feed above and introduce 

 below. I don'l nieddle with the brood-nest 

 in either operation. I believe 1 am t'auiiliar 

 with all the introducing-cages now in use. 

 1 f I am not mistaken, they all require 

 opening the brood-nest for introducing 

 • lueens and removing the cages, which is 

 I he cause of losing so many queens in intro- 

 ducing. The cages are so small that only 

 a part of the bees become familiar with the 



(|neen. 



CANDY 



Dibble's queen-rearing appliances and cylindrical 

 iutroducinR cages. The " incubator" shows but one 

 i)ueen-cage. A dozen or more may be hung side by 

 side. 



Studying out this problem of feeding and 

 intioducing queens, which I consider the 

 two most essential things connected with 

 successful beekeeping, 1 have united the 

 two appliances in a very simple manner; 

 and with me 1 am very successful in intro- 

 ducing queens, not losing one as yet. I 

 perfected this pan and cage last Augnist, 

 and immediately introduced. ten queens. All 

 were laying in eight days — my first look at 

 them after introducing. I am certain that 

 this system will introduce more queens safe- 

 ly than any other. 



Introducing a queen above tlie broodnest. 



This i^an is indestructible. It is manip- 

 ulated easily, and places the feed right 

 under the bees' noses. Second, the intro- 

 ducing-cage in connection with the pan in- 

 ti'oduces queens automatically without open- 

 ing the brood-nest, either before or after 

 introducing, and introduces the queen to all 

 the bees instead of to ovXy a few, as with 

 other cages. For long confinement I use 

 the long cage, which gives the queen fuU 

 access to the whole length of the hive. The 

 short and medium lengths I use automati- 

 cally for strong and weaker colonies as 

 required. The bees will liberate the queen 

 in from 48 to 56 hours, if the proper 

 amount of candy is used, and the queen 

 won't leave the cage until the bees will 

 accept her, if left alone. The hive should 

 not be meddled with for a whole week. 



By the use of this combined cover and 

 bottom-board 1 keep all bees on the one 

 stand, if desired, swarm or no swarm; make 



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 'brood Nt^T. 



The pan as u.sed for feeding above the broud-ne.<'t. 



