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apart, and lift out the cage. The wire serves also to mark the 

 siiot where the cage is. 



When the tube is filled with candy, it may be pushed so far 

 into the cage that the bees can not get at the candy. Then when 

 it is desired that the bees shall get at the candy, the plug is 

 drawn out until the candy is exposed (No. 5, Fig. 87%). This 

 is more reliable as to time than to have the usual cage with the 

 candy covered with card-board. With the card-board there is 



Fig. 87y2.— Miller Cage ^^o. 3. 



no certainty as to whether the queen will be released in 24 

 hours or much longer. Sometimes it may be several days. 

 With the No. 3 cage you know just how long the bees have the 

 cage before they get to the candy, and after the candy is ex- 

 posed you may count on the bees clearing out the candy in 

 about 24 hours. 



It may be objected that it is troublesome to open up the 

 hive to change the position of the plug in the cage. That is 



