. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 352 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Sept. 5, 1912. HELPFUL HINTS FCH NOVICES. By W. Eerrod. QUEEN INTRODUCTION. (Continued from page 333.) In a case of emergency a queen cage on the lines of the pipe cover can be made by taking a piece of perforated. FIG. b. EMERGENCY QUEEN CAGE MADE OF PERFORATED ZINC. zinc or wire cloth and folding it into a square receptacle which can be forced into the comb, as illustrated at Fig. 6, where the zinc is shown at top cut for folding and fixed on the comb. Another method I have adopted many times without a singl
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 352 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Sept. 5, 1912. HELPFUL HINTS FCH NOVICES. By W. Eerrod. QUEEN INTRODUCTION. (Continued from page 333.) In a case of emergency a queen cage on the lines of the pipe cover can be made by taking a piece of perforated. FIG. b. EMERGENCY QUEEN CAGE MADE OF PERFORATED ZINC. zinc or wire cloth and folding it into a square receptacle which can be forced into the comb, as illustrated at Fig. 6, where the zinc is shown at top cut for folding and fixed on the comb. Another method I have adopted many times without a single failure is the use of a piece of perforated zinc and a glass tumbler. The queen, with a few workers, is placed in a tumbler which is stood upon a square of perforated zinc large enough to cover the feed hole in the quilt. The flap is then turned back, and the tumbler and zinc placed in position, as shown at Fig. 7. For food a lump of sugar moistened with water is put under the tumbler, which should be well. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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