Fecha de publicación: 13/02/1908 Fuente: WIPO "beekeeper" 16,631. Davies, D. July 20. Beehives; insects, destroying.-The floor board, Fig. 1, is divided into two portions by a partition with a hole B, the front portion A being hollow and forming a groove for the trap described later. The back portion has a tunnel tapering from the entrance B towards the opening C closed, if necessary, by a slider board from the back (not shown) the whole standing on iron pegs which stand in saucers containing tar or other disagreeable liquid. At the end of the tunnel a small perforated zinc cone is placed, from which the bees cross to an incline and thence to the body-box, thus making it impossible for the bees to return by that route. In a groove in the front of the portion A slides a movable board D adapted to close the hive by reversing it and sliding in the groove. The trap, Fig. 3, fitting into the poriton A has three uprights covered on the top with zinc with the projections F to serve as an alighting board and queen-excluder zinc fixed at the back ; two cones of perforated zinc are fixed over openings in the top plate on each side of the middle up-right. The queen and drones unable to pass through the excluder pass through the cones into the bodybox, which is divided into two sections, the back one being fitted with ten standard frames and a dummy one, the front with three frames and a shallow one forming the swarm-catching section. In the front of the latter is cut an oblong hole covered in the swarming season with queenexcluder zinc K, Fig. 7. The wall between the two sections is provided with an oblique tunnel, provided with air holes and with its ends covered with perforated zinc f. If an artificial swarm is required, the frames may ba replaced by a wellventilated box with cones which fit over those in the trap, the workers making their way through the cones into the box.