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More Queen Cages. 



Since our last issue we have received 

 the following, with accompanying cage : 



Bristol, Vt., April 9. 1880. 

 I send you my new shipping and intro- 

 ducing cage combined, which I completed 

 yesterday. They can be used with candy 

 and water, honey and candy, or honey alo;ie. 

 Will they fill the bill ? A. E. Manum. 



1% is a square block, having a round 

 hole in it, very much like those used 

 for the past 2 or 3 years ; a piece of wire 

 cloth over this hole sinks into the hole 

 14 inch, then another piece of wire cloth 

 passes over it and down around the four 

 sides, fastened with small staples. A 

 little piece of sponge is placed in a 

 groove at one side for water or honey. 

 Candy can be poured into the bottom. 

 The wire cap is intended for introduc- 

 ing. Water and honey are unmailable 

 articles, and cannot, therefore, be used 

 when sending queens by mail ; other- 

 wise, we think this cage comes within 

 the requirements of the law. 



Columbus, lnd., April 12, 1880. 

 Editor Journal : I send you another 

 queen shipping cage, improved. It has 2 

 perforated tins M inch apart. The top one 

 is bent down over the 4 air holes. In the 

 April Journal you seemed to think my 

 cage a good one, with the exception that it 

 did not have the double screen. The one 1 

 send to-day I think tills the law to the let- 

 ter. Joseph M. Brooks. 



Yes, it does ; and it is a good cage, 

 too. We are glad to notice a disposition 

 to adhere both to the spirit and letter 

 of the law in this matter. 



Smithsburg, Md., April 9, 1880. 

 I send you, by accompanying mail, a sam- 

 ple of queen cage which cannot fail to till 

 the bill or answer every requirement of the 

 ruling of the Postmaster General on the 

 subject of cages for shipping queens. The 

 cage should be bored with larger bits, but 

 owing to my want of them was obliged to 

 use the ones in my possession; however, 

 you can form a clear idea from the sample. 

 The hole at the side should be supplied 

 with a cork, to allow the easy insertion of 

 queens, but should be covered with wire 

 cloth at a place which affords more conven- 

 iences for the operation than at the hive. 

 Please give your opinion of it in the Jour- 

 nal. 13. A. Pike. 



It is a good cage, and is " according 

 to law." 



Wenham, Mass., April 17, 1880. 

 I send sample of the queen shipping cage, 

 made as 1 suppose we must use them this 



season. It is the same as I have been using 

 for 12 j- ears, with the exception of the small 

 pieces of wire cloth over the holes in the 

 cover. I also send another which is proof 

 against all damage. H. Alley. 



It is an excellent cage, strong and 

 fully up to the requirements of the pos- 

 tal law, with its double wire screens, 

 dry food, etc. 



Alderly, Wis., April 15, 1880. 

 I send you by to-day's mail a queen cage, 

 which I think will meet all the require- 

 ments of the law. Please examine and pass 

 judgment upon it. Richard Hyde. 



This is a square block with a hole in 

 the centre for the bees and queen. On 

 each of the four sides is a hole clear 

 through ; the sides being % of an inch 

 thick, and covered with wire cloth in- 

 side and out. It completely answers 

 the requirements of the law. 



Mount Joy, Pa., April 20, 1880. 

 I send you my queen mailing cage to hold 

 2 queens. It can be made to hold any num- 

 ber, from 1 to 6 in one block; 2 queens will 

 go for 2 cents. Is it according to the regu- 

 lation of the Postmaster General ? 



J. F. Hershey. 



It is ; but we should prefer it to be a 



little larger, even if it did cost another 



cent to carry it. It is an ordinary hole 



in a block with two pieces of wire cloth 



}i of an inch apart. 



Carlisle, Iowa, April 19, 1880, 

 I send you a sample of my cage for mail- 

 ing queens. I have used such for two years 

 before the Postmaster General prohibited 

 bees passing through the mails, and it has 

 always proved a success. 1 have sent queens 

 as far as Colorado (about 1,200 miles), and 

 have never lost a single queen. Heretofore 

 I have used only a single wire cloth, but by 

 putting on a strip l /i inch thick and using 

 another wire cloth on that, makes a double 

 screen cage. The % inch hole in one cor- 

 ner is for candy, which the bees can easily 

 get at and without any danger of getting 

 daubed. To make this cage, use IK inch 

 lumber, and then not bore quite through, so 

 that all the extra piece you have to use is 

 the top % inch thick. The entrance at the 

 side is stopped by a cork, which makes it 

 secure. All are at perfect liberty to use it. 

 J. E. Hastings. 



It is nicely rrnide, quite durable, and 

 answers the law to a dot. 



We have also received Peet's combi- 

 nation cage improved, so as to con- 

 form to the law, having a double wire 

 screen. It contains a tin tube for water ; 

 but as liquids are unmailable, it is prob- 

 ably to be used when sent by express. 



