. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 29,1916.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 203 wood, half an inch in diameter, and soldering the loose edges together; one end is stopped with a cork. When introducing a queen the other is filled with a piece of foundation, which the bees eat away. No. 9 is Mr. Sladen's cage, already described. No. 10 is a Raynor cage, made by bending a piece of wire cloth U shape, the edges are strengthened by tin binders. There are a couple of stays in the open part, in these, and also the top and bottom, holes are punched to allow a wire to be passed right
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 29,1916.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 203 wood, half an inch in diameter, and soldering the loose edges together; one end is stopped with a cork. When introducing a queen the other is filled with a piece of foundation, which the bees eat away. No. 9 is Mr. Sladen's cage, already described. No. 10 is a Raynor cage, made by bending a piece of wire cloth U shape, the edges are strengthened by tin binders. There are a couple of stays in the open part, in these, and also the top and bottom, holes are punched to allow a wire to be passed right down the open portion to close it, this is bent over at the top, the short end going into another hole on the opposite side, to enclose the small square hole in the metal top through which the queen and workers are run in. The cage is hung between a couple of combs until the necessary period of confinement has expired, when the wire is drawn out so that the queen is liberated without disturbing the combs or bees in the least. No. 11 is a large travelling introducing •cage, used for sending bees abroad, while No. 12 is a small one of the same kind used at home. No. 13 shows how to construct an introducing cage from a piece of perforated zinc. {To he continued.). The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communica- tions, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustra- tions should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected com- munications. NOTES FKOM AN OBSERVATION HIVE. [9289] On Saturday, May 27th, having no swarm to put into the observation hive, and being anxious to set it up for the sea- son, I took from one big stock of Carni- olans a comb, with plenty of brood and bees. From another Carniolan stock I took t
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