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cretion of the maker). Obtain also a piece of 

 queen excluder zinc, same length as the board, 

 and 9 in. wide, and bend If in. on each side, along 

 the whole length of the zinc, and tack the bottoms 

 of the bent sides along the edges of the board. 

 Nail along each of these sides a thin strip of wood 

 | in. wide, so forming a sort of square tunnel 

 2 ft. long, 6 in. wide, and Ij in. deep, with both 

 ends open, and a sort of miniature alighting board 

 along its sides. Place an empty hive in front of 

 the one expected to swarm, draw apart the slides 

 to form an entrance 6 in. wide, and put the cage 



Fig. 143. Alley's Self-hiver. 



or tunnel on the entrance board of each hive, the 

 open ends of the cage being in front of the en- 

 trances of both hives. 



With regard to the practical working of the 

 Bennett self-hiver, one bee keeper reports that it 

 did splendidly, the swarm settling down quietly 

 in its new home. In another case the swarm 

 went off, leaving the queen in the tunnel vainly 

 trying to follow. When she found that she could 

 not leave, she returned to the parent hive, and the 

 swarm joined her there. When the same swarm 

 issued again, and the queen tried to get through 

 the excluder zinc, the owner removed the empty 

 hive and tunnel, and stopped up the open end of 



