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PRACTICAL QUEEN REARING 



Fig. 14. 

 The Alley nursery cage. 



Alley Nursery Cage. 



The Alley cage, Figure 14, is the 

 most popular cage, although this may 

 be because it has been so long on the 

 market. A nursery frame is offered 

 by supply houses which holds twenty- 

 four of these cages. The larger 

 hole is just the right size to take 

 a cell built on a cell block. The 

 block makes an effective stopper for 

 the hole after the emergence of the 

 young queen. Candy for provision 

 is placed in the smaller hole. 



Fig. 15. The Rauch- 

 fuss combined nursery 

 and introducing cage. 



Rauchfuss Nursery Cage. 



The Rauchfuss cage has not been 

 long in the market, but bids fair to come 

 into general use. Figure 15 shows the 

 cage and Figure 16 the frame to hold 

 about three dozen of them. This cage 

 can be used for any purpose for which a 

 cage is needed about the apiary. The 

 hole at one end is large enough to take a 



ripe cell, while the candy at the other end can be eaten away, 

 thus releasing the queen, and making it a desirable introducing 

 cage. 



Shipping Cages. 



The Benton mailing cage has come into almost universal 

 use among queen breeders. This is used as a combined mailing 

 and introducing cage. It has been found that a small cage is 

 desirable for sending queens in the mail, as there is less danger 

 of injury when thrown about in the mailsacks than in a larger 

 cage where there is more room to be bumped about. When 

 larger cages are used, where the queen and her escort must 



