*252 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



takes more bees than to have three nuclei in one hive, 

 but it is a good bit more convenient to build up into a 

 full colony a nucleus that has the whole hive to itself. 



Fig. 8/. — Putting Foundation in Sections. 



QUEEN-CAGE. 



When we go to give queen-cells to the nuclei, we 

 are provided with introducing queen-cages. The first in- 

 troducing-cage I devised was the Miller introducing-cage, 

 listed in the catalogs of supply-dealers. Then I got up 

 one I liked better, three of which are shown in Fig. 92, 

 the blocks containing the candy being separate from the 

 cages. This may be called Miller cage No. 2. Two 



