. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. Fig. 106.—aUEEN SHIPPING CAGE. The cage I have been using lately, and found to answer very well, is similar to the one used by Mr. Doolittle (Fig. 106). It is made from a block of wood 3|in. long, 2in. wide, by l|in. thick. A l^in. hole is bored in the centre of the flat side of the block to within less than a quarter of an inch of going through. Two fin. holes are th
. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. Fig. 106.—aUEEN SHIPPING CAGE. The cage I have been using lately, and found to answer very well, is similar to the one used by Mr. Doolittle (Fig. 106). It is made from a block of wood 3|in. long, 2in. wide, by l|in. thick. A l^in. hole is bored in the centre of the flat side of the block to within less than a quarter of an inch of going through. Two fin. holes are then bored in the edge, passing down within an eighth of an inch of the sides of the larger hole, but not breaking into it; these also go nearly through the block. A little very hot wax is poured into the small holes to give the wood a thin coating ; this prevents it absorbing the moisture from the food which is placed in these holes. A small hole is cut with a penknife from the larger into each. Fig. 107.—BENTON'S SHIPPING CAGE FOR TWO ftTTEENS. of the feed holes, and the latter are filled with food pressed in tight and corked. The wire cloth can be partly tacked on, leaving one corner open to put in the queen and bees ; about eight bees are sufficient to accompany the queen. To prepare it for mailing run a wide groove a quarter of an inch deep in a three eighth inch batten the width and length of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hopkins, Isaac, 1837-1925. Auckland, N. Z.
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