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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



slip, as a piece of wood separator. The wire-cloth is 

 wrapped around the block and allowed to project at o le 

 end about ^ inch. A light wire is wound twice around, 

 about j/2 inch from the selvedge end (whicn is the part 

 that does not project) riul fastened. Another wire is 

 similarly fastened about 1^ inches from the first wire. 

 Now the projecting part of the wire-cloth is bent down 

 upon the end of the block, and hammered down with 



Fig. 8/^/i— Miller Cage No. j. 



a hammer. That completes the cage, but for convenience 

 in hanging it between brood-frames one end of a light 

 wire 7 or 8 inches long is fastened into one side of the 

 cage about ^ inch from the open end. To put it in a 

 hive, I shove the frames apart, and holding the end of 

 the wire lower the cage where I want it, and then shove 

 the frames together. That leaves 3 inches or more of 



