OR, MANUAI< OF THE APIARY. 



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we may throw them out with the extractor, and then use the 

 comb for starters in our sections. 



It is very important that those who rear queens to sell 

 shall have no near neighbors who keep bees, and shall keep 

 only very superior bees, that undesirable mating may be 

 prevented. If one has neighbors who keep bees, he can see 

 that they keep only the best, or possibly he can rear his queens 

 before others have drones flying. He can also get his neigh- 

 bor to use the Alley drone-trap (Fig. 135). If drones are flying 

 from undesirable colonies, they can be kept from leaving the 

 hive by use of the entrance-guards (Fig. 134), or may be cap- 

 tured or destroyed by use of the Alley drone-trap (Fig. 135). 

 These are made of the perforated-zinc, and while they permit 

 the passage of the workers, they restrain the queen and drones. 



Fig. 136. 



Queen-Cage. — From A. I. Soot Co. 



The spaces in these are .165. In England they make them .180 

 of an inch, but small queens may pass through these larger 

 spaces. By shaking all the bees in front of the hive, we can, 

 by use of these, soon weed out all the drones. With these in 

 front of hive, we can keep the queen from leaving with a 

 swarm. Occasionally, however, a queen will pass through 

 unless the smaller spaced zinc is used. By keeping empty 



