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ings of the most wonderful device yet Invented and which 

 has now been in use the past five years and has given perfect 

 satisfaction as a swarm controller and for catching and de- 

 stroying drones. The advantage of this little implement 

 to those who keep bees can only> be appreciated by testing 

 them. It is a queen- catcher, and not a swarm catcher. That 

 the trap is a success, and will do all that is claimed for it, is 

 well known to those who have read the testimonials published 

 from time to time in the American Apiculturist. Such a thing 

 as failing to catch the queen at swarming time is unknown 

 when the trap is in order, and properly adjusted to the hive. 

 The trap will catch all, or nearly all, the drones of a col- 

 ony the first time they attempt to fly out. The illustration 

 will give the reader a 

 good idea of the trap 

 and how , it is con- 

 structed. The trap is 

 made of thin wood {% 

 stuff) and although we 

 have sent twenty thou- 

 sands of them through 

 the mails during thepast 



five years, only one was Drone-and- Queen trap. . 



damaged. They are 



well made and will last ten yeai:s if properly cared for. 



The cone-shape tube through which the queen and drones 

 pass into the trap, or chamber, after they find they cannot 

 go tllrough the perforations in the metal, may be seen through 

 the, wire-cloth at the front. 



"When a swarm issues, the queen, finding the passage way 

 obstructed by the metal, at'Once passes through the tube to 

 the chamber above. During the rush at swarming time when 

 the bees begin to tumble out of the hive a few will get into the 

 trap, but quickly find their way out through an opening at 

 the top at the left hand corner. Very few bees go into the 

 trap excepting at thei time a swam issues, or during the first 

 hour after it is placed on the hive. 



Destroying drones. 

 As a rule beekeepers do not know the amount of honey 

 consumed by the tens of thousands useless drones reared in 



