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This story is about the development of the  JZs  BZs  line of  parts  for  Queen Raisers.
 
In  about 1985,  most  queen  raisers  were using  either  hand  dipped  wax  cups  or  a  rather crude  plastic  cup  made  in  Mexico.  We  were running  out of  cups and tried to borrow some to no avail. All  other  cell raisers were running low also, except one, (Mr X) who had 100,000 cups made in Korea. They  were beautiful cups, but the bees just would not  accept them. Mr X didn't know what to do with them so we purchased about 50,000 to line the  front of our  Convention display  booth.  That really worked  good.!!
 
Because we had thoughts of having a die built $$$, it became obvious that we should find  out why the  bees  didn't  like those  beautiful cups. For starters, We put an AD in the Bee Journal offering to pay  $5.00 for every  superceedure  Queen cell anybody would  send. We received 27.       We  tested  everything!!     (All  trade  secrets)  and finally produced a cup  the bees absolutely love.
 
At that time  we were  producing  about 850 nucs a day on our assembly  line. It took two  men and a truck going  around two days later just to plant cells  in those nucs. That provoked  an economical cell  protector which  could be planted  as  the  nuc moved down the assembly line. It also gave us an opportunity to test a molding concept, which the molders said was impossible, to be used on our contemplated queen cage.
 
Some  beekeepers didn't like  the extra work of  spreading  the  frames  to put the cell close  to  brood, so  we  provided  the  Top  Bar cell  protector. 
Many  beekeepers  use this protector as a  re queening  device. Her majesty, in  the hive,  has a  given amount  of vigor.  The cell  protector  protects  the  new  queen until she emerges, who  also has a given amount  of  vigor. Neither  Queen likes another  woman in  their house, so they  have  a  serious  dispute  and  the  one  with the  most vigor wins. Usually it's  the young  queen  and  the  hive  has  just  been re queened. If the old queen is victorious, she generally deserves to head the colony for another year.
Then came the queen cage; Didn't like the burr comb the bees would build in the gap which  resulted  when  the  old  style  three  hole  wood  cage  was  placed between the frames.  Took  more  time  to  prepare  for  use,  put  the  cork  in  the  hole, pack  the candy,  position  the sheet  of  plastic and  the screen, and  finally  the  staples.    And then, when  you're picking  queens, where's  that cork?    Cost  more  to  ship  because they are heavier.
 
The JZs BZs  queen  cage  eliminates  most  of  those objections.  Although  the  design developed slowly and we stubbed our toes  several times  and had to recall parts, the existing  design is considered nearly  flawless.  Soon  another  revision  will feature a removable  candy  tube  which  can  be  packed  by  automatic  machinery.   This  will permit  the  user  to  receive  the  candy  tubes  in  a vacuum sealed bag, snap them in position and the cage is ready to go.  We  urge  all  queen  raisers  to  give  them a try.
 
Then came the storage bar which provided a means to store queens in a hive until shipping day arrived. Then the bar and 46 queens can be transferred from the storage hive to a Mann Lake type shipping carton. The small shipping carton is provided  when  small  shipments  are made.  Also used for shipping queen cells.
 
Next will come a plastic cell bar which will eliminate grafted cell cups from falling out of the cell bar without the chore of adding  wax to improve cell retention. That cell bar will  be so designed that with the aid of a simple fixture, all cells may be installed and removed by a single stroke.
 
And if the need for any item is indicated, it will be filled by a JZs BZs Part.
 
Since Mr X, and now Mr Y also have dies which duplicate the original JZs BZs parts we are compelled to say;
 
IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE INITIALS    JZ BZ     SOMEPLACE ON THE PART ~
 
                                                                                              IT'S PROBABLY AN INFERIOR COPY!
 
 
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