. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Cages of Different Sizes for Mailing Queens in any part of the United States, Can- ada, Cuba, and Jamaica. For export cages I have an eight-hole cage. The blocks are nearly 6 inches long, 2)4 inches wide and one inch deep. The holes are an inch in diameter. Two holes at each end are filled with candy and the bees occupy the four central holes. The queen and escorts are put in through a small hole in the side. After the screen is tacked on, a thin bar of wood is placed across the cage at each end and in the middle, and over these three bars is nailed a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Cages of Different Sizes for Mailing Queens in any part of the United States, Can- ada, Cuba, and Jamaica. For export cages I have an eight-hole cage. The blocks are nearly 6 inches long, 2)4 inches wide and one inch deep. The holes are an inch in diameter. Two holes at each end are filled with candy and the bees occupy the four central holes. The queen and escorts are put in through a small hole in the side. After the screen is tacked on, a thin bar of wood is placed across the cage at each end and in the middle, and over these three bars is nailed a thin wood cover. The six-hole long distance cage as well as the three-hole cage has a groove in each edge the entire length of the cage; and a saw kerf from this groove into the queen compartment fur- nishes ventilation. Next, but not last, is the candy. The success or failure of the delivery de- pends very much on the quality of the candy. This must be made of the best powered sugar and well ripened honey of good quality. Make a stiff dough of the candy and let it set several hours and then work it over again. If too thin, knead in more sugar, but don't make it too dry. No water is needed in the cages if the is made right. Never heat the candy in making. Last, and very important, are the es- cort bees; for long distance or for ex- port the escorts should be selected with great care; for short distance most any bees will do, but I prefer the young bees at all times. Young worker bees that have had a flight and are ready for the field will be best for escorts; old bees will be most likely to die in the cages and cause the loss of the queen. The number of bees for the escorts will have to be determined by the weather. If cool, use many; if warm, use few. Rio Hondo, Tex. Bee Hunting IF we are to consider the hunting of bee-trees from the angle of profit alone, probably there is no room for an article on this subject in the col- umns of a bee-paper. But we must all have som
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