The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . .IKNKISS CAGK. The acc^inipanyi ig engraving illustratesthe cage i sid l^y J M. Jenkins. It has tliesame kphp*! about it, only it hasoiu hole ins,e;.d of three. The method of IXTRODUCIXU QUEENS. 188 INTRODUCING QUEENS. introducing is the f-auie. Ti is goes for onecent postage; and. perluips. for short
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . .IKNKISS CAGK. The acc^inipanyi ig engraving illustratesthe cage i sid l^y J M. Jenkins. It has tliesame kphp*! about it, only it hasoiu hole ins,e;.d of three. The method of IXTRODUCIXU QUEENS. 188 INTRODUCING QUEENS. introducing is the f-auie. Ti is goes for onecent postage; and. perluips. for short dis-tances )t will do as well as the Benton. There is another cage which deserves atleast a passing notice, although it is notused very largely as yet. The accompany-ing engraving will make the plan of thecage I 2 ^ 3 MO KK i SOXS CAGE. This is considerably more expensive thanthe Benton, and is not as well adapted tosending queens long distances, althoughperhaps better for introducing. To introduce. remove the cage proper from thewooden case. Revolve the tin slide at rightangles, and set the cage down between thecombs. As with the Benton, the bees eatthe candy out. and release the queen auto-matically.
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