Comments on: Live Bees Now Mailed in Tiny Cage (Feb, 1932) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/01/live-bees-now-mailed-in-tiny-cage/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Don Marti http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/01/live-bees-now-mailed-in-tiny-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-1066310 Don Marti Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:04:02 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7304#comment-1066310 They block the hole with a sugar plug. The existing bees in the hive will eat the sugar and eventually get the new queen bee out, but by the time they're done she'll have the smell of the hive so they're less likely to reject her. Current bee shipment rules at USPS: http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#wp1064884 They block the hole with a sugar plug. The existing bees in the hive will eat the sugar and eventually get the new queen bee out, but by the time they’re done she’ll have the smell of the hive so they’re less likely to reject her.

Current bee shipment rules at USPS: http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#wp1064884

]]> By: Zak Lybrand http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/01/live-bees-now-mailed-in-tiny-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-1066258 Zak Lybrand Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:32:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7304#comment-1066258 Looks interesting. Two things I've noticed though, what is the hoop on the top for, and what keeps the bee from escaping? Looks interesting. Two things I’ve noticed though, what is the hoop on the top for, and what keeps the bee from escaping?

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