. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 106 THE BRITISH BEE JOtTRNAL. [March 17, 1904. ^ in. less. Tin would be better than the steel, but cannot be obtained in sheets large enough. I got the above from a local blacksmith. Fold the large sheet into a cylinder shape, so that one end of cylinder fits tightly round larger iron ring. The ends will overlap a little. Fix that end with a rivet while the other end of the cylinder is being attended to. The overlapping edges must be laid quite parallel to each other so that cylin- der shall be exactly same size and shape at each end. Put
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 106 THE BRITISH BEE JOtTRNAL. [March 17, 1904. ^ in. less. Tin would be better than the steel, but cannot be obtained in sheets large enough. I got the above from a local blacksmith. Fold the large sheet into a cylinder shape, so that one end of cylinder fits tightly round larger iron ring. The ends will overlap a little. Fix that end with a rivet while the other end of the cylinder is being attended to. The overlapping edges must be laid quite parallel to each other so that cylin- der shall be exactly same size and shape at each end. Put one or two rivets through overlapping edges. Make cylinder true and round ; then solder edges inside and out. Next take the square piece of steel, and mark two concentric circles on it; the inside one 1 ft. 7^ in. diameter, outside one 1 ft. 9 in. Cut it down to outside circle, then snip little triangular pieces out of the edge all round in such a way that base of triangle is on outside edge of sheet, and apex just touches inner circle. Next, take the smaller iron ring, and beat the edge of the sheet over it, so that the latter laps over the iron ring all round. This is the most fidgetty part of the whole con- cern. The triangular pieces cut out should be numerous, but small. If too much is cut away the edges will not meet, while if not enough the edges will overlap. In a word, if nicely done the outside will be round, smooth, and even. This is the bot- tom of the cylinder. Now put it inside end of cylinder, convex side inwards. (If it fits tight all the better.) Give the joint a good hammering all round to make it fit, and then solder on the inside. In the next place, something is necessary for spindle of cage to spin on. To get over this diffi- culty I soldered jaart of a brass candlestick —mouth upwards—in centre of bottom of cylinder, but this itself would not have stood the play of the cage in revolving, be- sides, I thought it would not be nice to. Fi^f Fi^.Z have hon
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