Gleanings in bee culture . ugh I shall notmake any of the machines, and very likelythe whole may be laid aside in a few monthsfor something still better. THE PEET INTRODUCING CAGE, AS AVEJTIAKE IT. fllE cut below will make the whole mat-ter plain, almost without a description.• The cage is about 2i,x4i inches. Theside pieces, are made of strips 7-32x9-16. Theside pieces are each 4* inches long. The endpieces are each 2i long by i inch thick ; youwill see this brings the thickness of the ends1-16 less than the sides, to let the tin sliderun over the ends. The end piece that holdsthe candy is ma
Gleanings in bee culture . ugh I shall notmake any of the machines, and very likelythe whole may be laid aside in a few monthsfor something still better. THE PEET INTRODUCING CAGE, AS AVEJTIAKE IT. fllE cut below will make the whole mat-ter plain, almost without a description.• The cage is about 2i,x4i inches. Theside pieces, are made of strips 7-32x9-16. Theside pieces are each 4* inches long. The endpieces are each 2i long by i inch thick ; youwill see this brings the thickness of the ends1-16 less than the sides, to let the tin sliderun over the ends. The end piece that holdsthe candy is made from a piece IxU; butbefore nailing the box together, a place issawed out to receive the candy, so only abouti of an inch of wood is left on the bottomand end. With a very fine saw, grooves aremade for the tin slide to run in; this slide isbent as shown, for convenience iii withdraw-ing. A comer is clipped form the othef end, that the cage may be opened so one bee canbe put in at a time, when cagiug the beesand feets intkoducixg and siiiphing cage. The tin points are for fastening the cagesecurely into the comb. Directions for do-ing this are pasted on the cover of the cage,seen in the foreground. These are simplypieces of basswood,of the cage, one of whichhas the grain of the wood running crosswise,to prevent the liability of damage in themails. The other little board we drop onour grooving saws, to cut the ventilatingholes shown in the picture. When ready tomail, the tin points are turned down, the lit-tle boards placed on each side, and the wholewrapped in stout flour-sack paper, afterwhich an opening is cut or torn right overthe ventilating slots. It will be observed wehave no bottle of water in this cage. Thereason is, that friend Viallons candy seemsto hold moisture enough without it. Wewill give the recipe for this candy again, asit may not be familiar to some of our newreaders. Take 12 ounces of powdered white sngar, 4 ounces of Louisianabrown sugar, one ta
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