86 BEE CULTURE, 
the introducing cage on the comb, over sealed brood and a few 
cells of uncapped honey, letting the projecting nails run 
through the comb so as to hold the cage firmly and closely on 
. the surface of the comb; then let the queen run from the 
shipping cage under the wire cloth, and quickly close by 
placing the fourth strip on the comb at the open end of the 
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Fie. 56.—Surface Introducing Cage. 
cage (fig. 56). Replace the frame in the hive, and the work 
is done. The young bees emerging from the cells affiliate 
with the queen confined with them, and the newly emptied 
cells afford room for depositing eggs. At the end of two or 
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Fig. 57.—Outman’s Introdueing Cage. 
three days she can be released by removing the end strip, and 
all danger from “ balling”’ is obviated. 
Many qucen cages are on the market for shipping and 
‘introducing queens, and almost all of them are well adapted 
to the use for which they are intended. 
