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A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



minutes. He thus describes it : " It is made of per- 

 forated zinc, and measures i| inches long, i inch wide, 

 and I inch deep. One side of the 

 cage has an opening (A) i inch long 

 and 3-8ths of an inch wide, and 

 this is covered with a flat door (B) 

 sliding over it on the inside, with 

 => piece of wire (C) about 12 inches 

 )ng fastened to the top of the door 

 3 draw it up ; D is the open side 

 f the cage to be pressed into the 

 omb. The cage is intended to be 

 )wered down from an opening at 

 le top of the hive into the centre 

 f the brood-nest ; and after the 

 )ueen has been confined the neces- 

 iry time, the wire is to be gently 

 ulled, which will open the door, 

 llowing the Queen to walk out 

 'ithout disturbance. The cage 

 lay be removed a day or two 

 fterwards. Many Bee-keepers dis- 

 ountenance the use of zinc, on the 

 round that it is injurious to the 

 I lees. I question, however, if this 

 bjection be well founded with 

 rdin^ry care in cleaning." 

 The cage invented by the well- 

 known Apiarian, "A Renfrewshire 

 Bee-keeper," which obtained the 

 prize at the Crystal Palace Show, is thus described by 

 him. 



" It is formed from wire net, 2 inches deep by i^ 

 wide, and 3-8ths in thickness, the top of the same 



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