MAILING QUEENS. 



325 



but not enough to crowd the oage— six to ten bees are suffi- 

 cient, in Summer. 



Fig. 121. 



THE BEXTON CAGE. 



599. Some years ago, A. I. Root i^racticed tlie shipping 

 of bees by the pound for the stocking of apiaries, but this 



Pig. 122. 



BENTON CAGES. 



(From "The Rearing of Queen Bees.") 

 (U. S. Bulletin No. 55, Bureau of Entomology. By B. F. Phillips.) 



method has not proven successful and although bees may still 

 be bought by weight, it lias been found ad\'isable to ship 



