Queen cages

[ronwhite3030]

Sorry the image is a little blurry.  Heres a queen cage I made for banking the JZ-BZ cells. I found something that looked like it online but it had no measurements so I made mine 1 1/2" wide and 2 1/4" tall I used a 1 1/4" bit to make the hole and an 11/16" hole for the JZ-BZ cell. A push pin was easy to find to hold the cell in and its easy to use if you use gloves like I do.

[Jim134]

Just wondering why you were still wearing gloves ?  
And if so what kind ?  
Are the cage as you building to protect queen cells ?  
Start this year I have been using California Mini queen cages.



                BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)

[alfred]

Looks great! What size screen did you use?

Alfred

[ronwhite3030]

#8 hardware cloth.

[alfred]

I can't remember, will #8 allow workers through? Or do you just allow them to feed and care from outside the cages?

Alfred

[Jim134]

#8 hardware cloth.

8 mesh hardware cloth is the same they use for package bees.  Looks like this is one thing you can recycle the hardware cloth off of packages if you have them.



                 

                BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)

[Michael Bush]

> will #8 allow workers through?

#8 will not.  #7 will not unless you have a bent wire.  #6 will, barely but some bee will squeeze through.  #5 will let workers through but pollen carriers tend to lose half their pollen, and won't let queens or drones through.  #4 will let everyone through.

[alfred]

Great info. Thanks Michael!