MAILING QUEENS. 



325 



but not enough to crowd the cage— six to ten bees are suffi- 

 cient, m Summer. 



Fig. 121. 



THE BENTON CAGE. 



599. Some j'ears ago, A. I. Root practiced the shipping 

 of bees by the pound for the stocking of apiaries, but this 



Fig. 122. 



BENTON CAGES. 



(From "'The Rearing of Queen P^es.") 

 (U. S. Bulletin No. 55, Bureau of Entomology. By E. F. Pliillip.s ) 



method has not proven successful and although bees may still 

 be bought by weight, it has been found advisable to shij: 



