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are much better aixl stronger than 

 the old style shown in Fig 1; and, 

 moreover, when the water-bottle is 

 mounted in place, the strap handle 

 will always keep the cage right 

 side up and the water-bottle right 

 side down so that it will always 

 feed water. In the old-style cage 

 the bottle would be on its side, and 

 when half empty would not feed 

 water, as will be seen by the mid- 

 dle cages in Fig. 1. The new-stylo 

 cages with solid top, bottom, and 

 ends braced with the transverse 

 fences and the cross-cleats over the 

 wire cloth on the two sides, make 

 a very strong cage — one that might 

 stand the rough handling of i^ar- 

 eel post, providing bees could be 

 shipped that way. The water-bot- 

 tle in the cage of the half-pound 

 and the five-pound size is station- 

 ed in the center of the cage. See Figs. 'A 

 and 6. In the one and two pound sizes it 

 is placed at one side. See Figs. 2. 4, 5. 



In Figs. 4, 5, 6 will be noticed little cake- 

 lins placed on top of the cage at one or 

 both ends. These are filled with ordinary 

 queen-cage candy made by mixing powdered 

 sugar and honey that has been thoroughly 

 sterilized, and then kneaded into a stiff 

 dough. These cake-tins are filled level full 

 of the candy, inverted, and nailed over a 

 longitudinal slit in the top. See Fig. 2. 

 The larger-sized cages require, of course, 

 more candy and larger containers, and all 

 of them require water 

 in hot weather. 



HOW TO PUT BEES INTO 

 THE CAGES. 



There has been a raft 

 of inquiries as to hoiv 

 we get the bees into 

 these pound cages. This 

 is a very simple matter. 

 Just suppose we are go- 

 ing to put up a two- 

 pound package of bees. 

 We take a package of 

 suitable size, put it on a 

 pair of scales having an 

 adjustable dial to take 

 off the tare. Then we 

 set the pointer back to 

 zero. We now open a 

 hive wliich the records 

 show is capable of fill- 

 ing this order, and yet 

 leave sufficient bees to 

 take care of the brood. 

 We next find the frame 

 the cjueen is on, and 



Fig. 4. — Two-pound size, new style, without combs. 



;i set it down beside the hive. We now take 

 a position as shown in Fig. 7, with a spe- 

 cially constructed funnel having a large ob- 

 long top and a small contracted opening at 

 the bottom just large enough to insert in 

 one of the round holes in the top of the 

 cage. The frame is inserted in the funnel 

 as shoAvn, and given one quick shake, dis- 

 lodging four-fifths of the bees. As the in- 

 side of the funnel is smooth, the bees slide 

 right down easily into the cage. Another 

 frame is shaken in like manner; and when 

 the pointer on the scales registers two 

 liounds, exclusive of the tare taken off, the 



Fig. 5. — Three-pound size, new style, without combs. 



