. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ceeding fairly well with them. I have often wondered why more bee-keeping farmers, clerks and ministers who can give only a very small part of their time to the bees, were not using traps to manage swarming. Perhaps the fact that they were patented, and the cost had something to do with it. But, as a matter of fact, they were invented to catch drones, and it was only incidentally found that swarm- ing could also be controlled, that they were used for that purpose. Some of the improvements I claim for my trap are as follows : First, it is far better ve
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ceeding fairly well with them. I have often wondered why more bee-keeping farmers, clerks and ministers who can give only a very small part of their time to the bees, were not using traps to manage swarming. Perhaps the fact that they were patented, and the cost had something to do with it. But, as a matter of fact, they were invented to catch drones, and it was only incidentally found that swarm- ing could also be controlled, that they were used for that purpose. Some of the improvements I claim for my trap are as follows : First, it is far better ventilated, and will not cause the bees to fill the trap full of bees and " lay out," unless they would without any trap. This is done by making them larger, using more zinc, and not having the bottom piece come so very close to the hive-entrance. Second, having the tube-holes in the middle strip within X inch of the front zinc, with the lower side beveled off so as to leave no square edge between the zinc and the tube- holes for the queen to follow, preventing her from getting readily into the trap part. Third, the upper part of the trap is made entirely of perforated zinc except the ends, thus making it very easy to see the queen when trapped. Fourth, the sliding door in the rear zinc, enabling one to release the queen without removing the trap from the hive. This is a decided improvement over a " gimlet hole " through one end of the middle strip, for when the swarm is entering the new hive, and you wish to release the queen, she is trying to get through the lower rows of perforations in the rear zinc. Fifth, the rear zinc extends about an inch below the strip containing the tubes, which is to prevent the bees from " boiling over " when rushing from the hive in swarm- ing; thus obviating the danger of getting the queen in be- hind the trap. Sixth, the trap is provided with right and left wire- hooks and small screw-eyes to fasten it firmly to the h
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