What the heck is this???

doublet2a · Feb 13, 2010

I have had this for a long time, but didn't think it was worthy for an I.D.
But this thing is driving me nuts :icon_scratch:

Found buy some railroad tracks where an old building once stood
Made out of wood, The tab thingy is aluminum, dime for size reference.
Maybe an insect jail

Tim

mojjax · Feb 13, 2010

Spooky said:
Looks like a shipping container for a queen bee or an insect of some type.

I agree . Neat item !

IronSpike · Feb 13, 2010

Nice ID and interesting item :icon_thumright:

http://lacasaurbana.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/losing-a-queen/

thrillathahunt · Feb 13, 2010

IronSpike said:
Nice ID and interesting item

http://lacasaurbana.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/losing-a-queen/

Wow, a queen bee transportation cage. Who'd a thunk? Great what's it and Great ID!

Tony in SC · Feb 13, 2010

Wow!! That's something you don't find every day!! I was going to say cricket box. There were actually people that carried a cricket with them for good luck :icon_scratch:

. Tony

extractor · Feb 13, 2010

mojjax said:
Spooky said:

Looks like a shipping container for a queen bee or an insect of some type.

Click to expand...

I agree . Neat item !

yup that's what it is

doublet2a · Feb 13, 2010

Thanks guys :icon_thumright:

I was kinda right with the insect jail idea :dontknow:

I live in the citrus belt in the south central valley of California, so this makes perfect sense.
There are bee boxes everywhere around here..

Tim

AKiwi · Feb 13, 2010

Cool item, I suppose that they have to be shipped somehow..... just never had to think about it
:icon_thumleft:

lumbercamp · Feb 13, 2010

The hole on the end had a wooden plug and on the inside was sugar candy for the workers to feed the queen. On arrival, the beekeeper would pop the plug out, poke a hole in the sugar candy and the bees would exit that way. I've done that quite a few times over the years.

D-minus · Feb 15, 2010

My father used to order queens from Hawaii and they would come shipped in these containers with two worker bees. The workers don't have stingers so I would bring them into school for show and tell after the queen was released. Seeing that brings back some memories. My father kept bees as a hobby. We used to get calls from the county to come get swarms from people's properties and then start new hives with the swarms. I think my father still has about 50 gallons of honey in the garage. The only food that never goes bad.