MARCH 15, 1913 



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Bankston's nursery cage. Each compartment has room for a small piece of comb filled with honey. 



as long- as there is a light in the same room. 

 To-day, Dec. 24, while the snow is fall- 

 ing fast outside, the bees are flying and 

 hiunming' in their cage as though it were 

 June instead of Christmas. 

 Hartford, Ct. 



A NEW NURSERY CAGE 



BY C. B. BANKSTON 



About 22 years ago thei'e came into use 

 what was known as the Alley nursen- cage. 

 This cage was simply a little square block 

 of wood with one larg'e hole in the middle, 

 and two half-inch holes in one end. One 

 of the small holes was for a sponge to con- 

 tain honey for the young or old queen to 

 eat. The other was for the insertion of the 

 queen-cell. Twenty of the cages just fit 

 inside of a Langstroth brood-frame. 



We used this cage for many years. It 

 beat the old lamp uui-sery, but it had many 

 faults. The sponge would get dry, so that 

 tlie queens would starve. A great many 

 would hatch with crippled wings or were 

 otherwise deformed. 



I tried different makes of cages, and final- 

 ly set to work and invented one myself. 



I have used it nearly ten years, and have 

 no idea of replacing it with any thing 1 

 have ever seen along this line. 



In the Oct. 15th issue, page 663, is an 

 illustration of a nursery which, apparently, 

 is the old Alley cage re-invented. The 

 accompanying engTaving shows my new 

 cage, wliich I call the " New Century " be- 

 cause I think it is new. The queens emerge 

 in it perfectly, and they live and develop 

 in it as well as they will among the bees, 

 because they have access to honey, warmth, 

 and all the conditions necessaiy for their 

 well being. I fill the little combs full of 

 honey, trim the queen-cells, touch the wax 

 plug to the hot smoker, and stick the cell to 

 the plug. I can have 60 queens hatch in 

 one brood-frame. 



Buffalo, Texas. 



SEPARATING HONEY FROM CAPPINGS BY 

 CENTRIFUGAL FORCE 



BY R. F. HOLTERMAXN 



The discussions which take place at con- 

 ventions are by no moans the only source of 

 information for the beekeepers who attend 

 them. Conversations, sometimes in part in 



Capping-basket to fit the comb-pocket in an extractor for use in separating the honey from cappings by 



centrifugal force. 



