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VOL X,l. FLINT. MICHIGAN, AUGUST 10, 1899. NO 8. 



General Correspondence. 



ARTIFICIAL OLEEN CELLS. 



How to dip a Whole Stickful of them at 

 one (lip. 



\V. H. PRIDOEX. 



njHE stick hokl- 

 T er is K X I X 

 1 6 inches; and in 

 it are bored eigh- 

 teen, 5-16 inch 

 holes; the holes 

 being f^ of an inch 

 from center to cen- 

 ter. Beginning at 

 one end it is slop- 

 ed for two inches 

 to a depth of '4 

 inch, while the same slope is given the 

 other end b}' beginning two inches from 

 the end and sloping it down ?^ inch bv 

 the time the enrl is reached. When 

 the stick is slid back and forth endwise on 

 the gauges both ends will rise and fall 

 alike. This not only obviates the 

 necessity of changing the gauges to 

 correspond with the lowering of the 



wax every time a batch of cups is 

 completed, but it enables one to make 

 the first dip at the desired depth, and to 

 vary the successive ones to suit his fancy. 

 If it be inclined to topple over when hung 

 on the rack, the lower half, for two inches 

 at each end, can be taken off, and then 

 the angles or slopes cut as described, there- 

 by throwing more weight to the points of 

 the sticks, which would also necessitate a 

 corresponding elevation of the gauges 

 on the standards. The sloping part can 

 be cut to a V-edge to prevent its turning 

 sidewise when the gauges are tilted above 

 or below a level. 



If one should want more than eighteen 

 cups in a batch, 5^ of an inch, for each ad- 

 ditional stick, should be added to the 

 length of holder, and the distance apart 

 of the gauges. 



The forming sticks just fit in the holes 

 in holder so as to turn easily. They are 

 2 '4 inches from shoulders to points, and 

 pointed as described in the Review for 

 last August. These are more difficult to 

 make than those recommended in "Sci- 

 entific Queen Rearing," but the cups are 

 just as good for transferring larvae with- 

 out cocoons. 



The slats to whicli the cells are built 

 shoulil be soaked in melted wax until there 

 is no bubbling or frying, before attempt- 



