QUEEKS. 



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Prepare a close-fitting stopper, -vvhicli completes the 

 cage. If an opening is cut in the stopper, and filled 

 with candy, it will furnish ready food for the caged queen 

 at all times. Candy for this purpose is made by using 

 "A" sugar with a small proportion of flour, and a little 

 water. Boil it in a saucepan, stirring until it begins to 

 grain. Then fill the cavity in the stopper with this 

 syrup while it is warm, when it will harden. 



alley's drone excludek, and queen teap combined. 



This is one of Mr. Alley's latest inventions. It is so 

 constructed that it may be adjusted to any hive. It al- 

 lows the drones to pass through cones 

 to the upper part of the trap, where 

 they cannot escape or return to the 



a, AliLET'S DRONE EXCLUDER. Fig. 62. 



b, QCEEN CASE. 



hive. They may afterwards be returned, destroyed or 

 used as desired. It will readily be seen that this trap is 

 not open to the objection raised by some that the drones 

 are held where they are in the way, and clog the passages 

 of the working bees. The advantage to be gained in the 

 use of these traps by allowing only such drones to fly as 

 one desires his queens to meet, is evident. It is also of 

 value in preventing the escape of the queen. As a 

 swarm will never leave without a queen, loss of swarms 

 may thus be prevented. These traps are so neatly made 

 as to be an ornament to the apiary. See fig. 63, a. 



