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the cage. The cage (Fig. 103) should be long enough to 

 receive two half-inch auger holes in the wood and at the 



Fig. I03. 



Peet Caffe. 



end, which should be cut half way through the block, so 

 near the chamber as to cut away an opening large enough 

 for the bees to get at the food. The candy should be 

 turned into these holes. The wire gauze should cover 

 these holes, as well as the chamber for the bees. 



THE GOOD CANDY. 



This consists of granulated sugar moistened with extracted 

 honey. We are indebted to Mr. I. R. Good for this cheap 

 and excellent food, although a similar candy was recom- 

 mended in Germany years ago. The only caution required 

 is to get it just moist enough to keep it soft and not so 

 moist that it will drip at all. The end of the cage (Fig. 

 102) to contain this should extend one and one-half inches 

 beyond the chamber made for the bees. Through this 

 end bore one or two three-eighths inch holes. Fill these 

 with the candy, and if bored lengthwise, as they often are, 

 insert a wooden cork into the holes at the end of the cage. 

 The fault with this candy is that it crumbles, as the honey 

 is sipped from it, or evaporates. With the holes as sug- 

 gested above, we find this is obviated. With this candy I 

 have had queens on the road two weeks without the loss 

 of a single bee. 



PREPARATIONS TO SHIP. 



The tin on the back of the cage has one corner cut off a 

 little, so if we draw it back slightly we make a small open- 



