. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 4, 1921. THE BBTTISH BEE JOURNAL. 359 Novelties for 1921. THE SEMINUCLEUS AND INTRODUCING CAGE. This registered appliance, which is already familiar to users of metal combs is now being popularised generally, since it has sufficiently proved to be quite workable with wax combs, with but slight modification. It is likely, therefore, to prove very useful for summer and autumn re-queening, and for raising nuclei next season, or even this season should present subtropical weather be prolonged. It consists of a wooden frame provided
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 4, 1921. THE BBTTISH BEE JOURNAL. 359 Novelties for 1921. THE SEMINUCLEUS AND INTRODUCING CAGE. This registered appliance, which is already familiar to users of metal combs is now being popularised generally, since it has sufficiently proved to be quite workable with wax combs, with but slight modification. It is likely, therefore, to prove very useful for summer and autumn re-queening, and for raising nuclei next season, or even this season should present subtropical weather be prolonged. It consists of a wooden frame provided with " nail pins " for insertion in the frame of an emerging brood comb, and is closed on the outside with perforated zinc nailed all round and centrally to a wooden divider, which is provided with a queen introduction hole with a sliding shutter. The accom- panying illustration sufficiently explains its Semi-Nucleus and Introducing Cage. With metal combs, all that is required is to select one with rapidly emerging brood, shake the bees off inside the brood chamber, and momentarily cover, taking the brood comb to a room with a favourable tempera- ture (and away from robber bees) for attach- ing the cage. This is adjusted to the frame, and then the nail pins are pressed, with the grip of both hands, into the frame. This done, the queen is then introduced through the special hole which is afterwards closed, and the comb with the attached cage is re- turned to the hive, and placed in the centre of the brood nest. By close-spacing two frames, the hive is made capable of accommodating its full complement of frames plus the cage. It is clear that the capped brood will not be chilled, since apart from its favourable position, the other surface of the comb will be covered with bees. It is clear also that a small nucleus may be started in this way when the independent brood emerges, the whole comb with brood, queen, and covering bees then removed to an independent h
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