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California Fruit Sales.

Porter Brothers Company sold May S1st
at open auction California fruit at follow
ing prices
At Chicago: Apricots--Royal, 81 so per
single crate; Newcastles, 81 Co; Seedlings,
81 30Q1 CO. Cherries-Tartarians, 40cQ$1 80,
mostly 65cQ1 35; Royal Annes, 75cG$1 25;
Black Republicans, 81 05a1 20; Centen-
malls, 60cQ$1; other varieties, 55p75c.
Plums-Cherry. 81 per single crate.
At Minneapolis: Cherries-Royal Annes.
90095c per box: Tartarians averaged Csc.
At New York; .Apricots---Royals. 81 55@
81 45Q1 50; Pringles.. $1a1 So. Cherries
Royal Annes. 81 75@3; Republicans, 81 40
az 65; Mixed, 81 15@2 25; Tartarians, 7Oc@
81 Is; Centennials, 81 25@1 As; Bigereaus.
81 35 Blacks. 81; Rockports, sOQ95c; Pom
tiacs. 75qS5c. Peaches+Alexanders. e 10
sale on 1,sl4 packages, 81 .412.
The Earl Fruit Company sold May 31st
California fruit as follows:
At Chicago: Cherries-Black Tartar
ians. SOc0s1 80, average 96c; Royal Annes,
s5c@N 80, average 81 o3; Bassford Seed
lings, 81 35. Apricots-Royal. 81 05G1 95,
average 81 40: Seedlings, 81 35Qi IS, aver
age 81 &c.. Three cars Of fruit sold to-day.
At Boston, Cherries-Black Tartarians.
s40cQ$1 80, average 7Sc.
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COMMERCIAL.
A BAD BREAK IN WHEAT YES
TERDAY.
Barley Lower and the Market
Weak-No Trading in Oats
No Changes in Corn.

San Francisco, May 31st.
There was bad break in wheat to-day;
the Chicago market was decidedly bear
ish, and declined sharply, and the local
market followed; spot wheat is hard to
quote, dealers being at sea themselves,
there has been practically nothing doing
for some time, except for milling. Bar
ley is lower and the market is weak; both
spot and futures are lower; spot is very
quiet and futures are fairly active. No
trading in oats; even the recent decline
has not improved business; offerings are
ample and receipts are moderate No fur
thcr changes in corn: the market has
been quiet for some time; Eastern corn
continues to pour in. Rye is weak. low er
and inactive.
The hay market is steady, notwith-
standing the receipts of 645 tons, which
included cars from Oregon, from Ne
vada, from Utah. Both bran and mid
dlings lower; bran is very weak, and
the market has declined several times
Receipts were 341 chests of berries. 75S
boxes Of apricots, 4,120 boxes Of cherries,
40 crates OF raspberries. s. chests of cur. .
auction brought $2Q3 per chest yesterday
and 81 50Ql3 As to-day. Blackberries, rasp-
berries, cherries and currants are lower
Plu;ns are hard to move.
Butter market is still easy and amply
supplied for the demand; the export trade
consume all that is coming in. Cheese is
weak at the recent decline. Eggs are
steady; but for the Eastern eggs that are
here the market would probably have
gone up, as the receipts Of California are
not heavy.
Produce Quotations.
FLOUR-Net cash prices for Family
Extras. IS 1905 IS; Bakers Extras. S 5oQ
WHEAT-shippins, 81 45a1 47,z per ctl;
Milling, 81 55@1 50 per ctl
Brewing, 81 35@1 40 per cetl, nominal
OATS-Poor to fair, 81 3Ol1 s2lk per ctl;
good to choice, 81 32lag1 37hz; fancy feed.
81 40 per ctl; Gray, 81 321zQ1 35; Milling,
81 35G1 40; Surprise. 81 A0Q1 Is.
CORN-In bulk-Large Yellow, 81 050
! OH; Small Yellow. 8 25Q1 80; White.
KWHEAT-Nominal
MIDDLINGS-s2O 50@22 so per ton.
BRAN-$15@15 so per ton.
ROLLED BARLEY-$26 5O627 so per ton.
CLIPPED OATS-$1Q2 per ton more
than the whole article. as to quality.
HAY-(Ex-car or CARGO: Old crop
Wheat, s2O924 Is per ton: Wheat and Oat.
falfa, sl2als 5o Clover, nominal st Stock.
Oat, SlSG19; Timothy, $15@17. New Crop
Wheat, $17G2O per ton; Oat $15@16: Mixed
Glover and Oat. $l3G14; Island Barley, $13
OILS: Upland. do, SIC; Alfalfa. $12Q13 80.
STRAW-7Oc@$l per bale.
HOPS-9Q12i1c per 10.
b pms B Ss 2Ss %ea sStteS s%s e. Ima as
s. . soas: "F; Pea, s. Sp soaS: Small WI WHITE. a sog
Red Kidney, 81 65G2 S.
POTATOES-Oregon Burbanks. 60QS0c
per ctl: River Burbanks. 50@65c per sack;
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River Reds, 4oa5oc per .ctl: Petaluma and
Tomales Burbanks, eoQ55c per sack;
Humboldt Burbanks, 60a65c; New Pota-
toes. 81 rs per ID in sacks and a4QlAc
oNIoNsss5,I5O@ssc ss,I@ per cit for new; Aus
per sack; Garden do, 2Q21ac per 1b; Green
Peppers, 1S@2Oc per 10; Asparagus, s2Q2 90
per box for fancy, 81 25d1 so for No. and
for new; Cucumbers 25G5Oc per dozen for
hot-house, 65c0S1 per box for Marysvillo !,
Rhubarb, ooq6Oc per box for common and
150S5c for large; Mexican Tomatoes, re-
pack, 81 rs per box; Los Angeles do. s2M
2 % per box; Summer Squash, s1Q1 % per
0GS FREsH ssTns FRunTsApplessla1 Hsaun1 Sqsf so
box; new. green, 4oa50c per box.
Apricotss-Pringles and Seedlings, 5oQ
Q15c per box and crate.
Berries-Straw berries. s4@6 per chest for
Longworth in baskets and 81 50Q4 per
chest for large berries; Gooseberries;. Ia
M PER r fer @ par ara f for
ries. 81 25 per crate for Newcastle and 400
soc per drawer for others.
CherrieS-Black, 300 soc per box: Red
and White, 20440c; Royal Anne, 100000 per
box; loose White, 1@212c per ID; do Black,
Currants-sS 5Od5 per chest.
Plums.-Clyman, 5oQ15c per box and
crate; Cherry Plums. 25d35c per drawer.
CITRUS FRUIT-!orcangss. s2qs 50 per
box: California Lemons. 75c9s1 for com
mon to good. 81 25Q1 SO for choice and 81
7 TRoPiCAL FRUIT-Bananas. s1Qs per
bunch; Pineapples. O per dozen; Smyr-
ma Figs. 121kQ14c per 10; Persian Dates,
51xQ6c per 10 for new crop.
DRIED FRUITS-Ca -Carloads-Apricots S
G7c per 10 for Royal 7JaGsc for Moorpark:
frunes. carloads, 4o-50s. 4HG5c; 50-as.
SO-SGs, 2AQ3c; 9O-1o0s. 2A@21ac; Black
Figs, in sacks. 2k4 k4Q2Nc; White, 465c; 1O-lb
boxes, e1l70c: Pea ches 4Q5c; Fancy, 5l50
61ac: Peeled, 10q1211c: Plums. 41lQl5c for
pitted and 1Q1hac for unpitted; Apples
7QT14c for eyaporated and 41a101sc for sun
RAIsINs (carloads)-Two-crown, 11t02c
per 10: 3-crown, &c; 4-crown, 31.c; London
layers $111 10 per box: Seedless Sultanas,
NC; Seedless Muscatels. 2Ac.
BUTTER-Creamery- Zoe per 10 !;
special brands, higher; seconds 1S1aGI19c.
Dairy-Fancy 1Sc; other grades, 16Q171ac
per H.
CHEEsE-we quote: New, Sc; old, C;
California Cream Cheddar 10G11c; Young
America. 1OQ101ac: Eastern. 12G13c.
EGGS-Ranch, 1412Q16c per dozen; Store,
131z6i14hac per dozen; Eastern, 14Q15c.
POULTRY-Live Turkeys. 10@121ac per
10; Dressed Turkeys. % per 10; Roost-
ers, s. 5OQ4 for old and $7@S so for young;
Broilers, 81 50G3 for small and $4QI5 for
large; Fryers. $5Q6; Hens. 50 50Q5; Ducks,
S3G3 80 for old, S3Q4 so for young; Geese,
75c@$1 per pair; Goslings, $1G1 so per
pair; Pigeons. 81 per dozen for old and
81 2o@1 IS for young.
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ANOTHER PRIZE.
The Spanish Bark Maria Dolores
Captured.

KEY WEST, May 31.-Another prize
has been captured. She is the Spanish
bark Maria Dolores of Bilboa. She was
overhauled by one of the American
cruisers six miles off Porto Rico. She
was bound from Rio Janeiro to San
Juan de Porto Rico with coal Some
cases. supposed to contain ammunition,
were found under the coal.
The Maria Dolores was captured
about 6 O'Clock on the morning of May
21st. A prize crew was put on board,
and the vessel was sent to Charleston.
The report Of the capture was brought
by a cruiser which arrived yesterday.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.

San Francisco, May 31st.
, Morning Seesion-Challengs, 23c. Chol-
lar. re. e g. C, zoe: Justice, &c; Potosi.
Afternoon Session-Ophir. &c; &C Va,
Acc; Sierra Nevada, sac: Challenge, 25c.
Closing sQuotations--Alta, 10c; Alpha, &c;
Andes. Sc Belcher, 10c; & B. 26c; Bull
lion &c 3 Caledonia. 25c: Challenge, &c;
Choilar, 15c; Confidence. 45e; c G Va, a.e:
EiC, Point. l2s; e e 2oc; + & n; 8; Jss. s1s.
/ o5hir. Sc: .Overnan 7c, Potosi. Iac; Saw
age. .iOc: Sierra Nevada, 53c; Union, &c;
Ulah. 4c; Jacket, 25c; Standaxd.1 6.
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ing over the railing of her upper deck
and a yellow flag flying.
The health officers delayed the land
ing Of Captain Dorst and General Cas-
tillo and others for several hours The
expedition landed large quantity Of
bacon and other army rations.
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California Dried Fruit.

NEW YORK, May 31.--California dried
fruits: Apples firm and other fruits
steady. Evaporated Apples-Comnon, So
Sc: Prime wire tray. Sds1sc; wood dried
prime, s1ac; choice. 91a@10c; fancy, 10c.
Prunes-41S1lc. .Apricots--Sq10c; Moor
park, 1OGl2c., Peaches-Unpeeled, 5Q9c;
neeled 12U16c.
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Closing Grain Quotatioas.

Il. New York, May 31st
wHEA,Tr.May. IS; July, 81 e7;- Sep
tember, S6Ac.
WHEAT-May, $l~25; July, 9Sc;, Septem-
ber, S1Ac; December. 1880.
San Francisco, May 31st.
CORN-Large yellow, 81 05@4 O71f
BRAN-s15Q15 so.
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sACRA1xENro MARKET.
The Week Opens Quiex1y In Pro.
duce Circles.

Af sacramentoss May s1st
The week opened quietly In fpcai pro-
duce circles. Strawberries were not over
plentiful to-day and pfieess were nuch
higher than during last1week.ssa
Following are the retail prices for the
various articles mentioned:
FLOUR-Family Extras s. 10 per loo
fbs 81 60 for so fbs,
FRUTT-Oranges, Navels, 40d5ac: Seed
lings, 2O6S0c: Lines, 10c: Lemons. 15u2oc !:
Cocoanuts, 10c each: Bananas 25c per dog ),
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A leading physician states that the
general increase of cancer is due to ex-
cess in meat-eating
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
cases from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 6AQ612c: second
quality, 5Q6c: third quality, 4Q5c per 10.
VEAL-5Q6c for large and 607c per 10
for small.
Wethers. 71zQsc: Ewes, 10
71ac per ID.
1AMB-SQS1ac per ID.
PORK-Live Hogs, 414Q43sc per 10 for
medium, 3A@3Ac for smal and 444Ac for
large; dressed. 51aQ61ac per fb
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BATTLE REPORTED
At SANTIAGO.

Continued from First Page.)
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ANOTHER CABLE CUT.
The Auxiliary Cruiser st. Louis
Sewers One OF SANTIAGO.

KEY WEST, May 31.-News received
here to-day from Santiago says the
auxiliary cruiser st. Paul has cut the
cable off that port.
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together In a row and on the seat OF
the 9th are deposited two lighted
candles In candle-sticks. Taking Els
dumb-bclls and bounding hither and
thither like a voritable Spring Hccled
Jack Che does this to keep himself IN
form), Higgins stands well away from
the chair most remote from the
candles. and takes in the situation with
his keen eye. lie next gives a few
more skittish %frolics, and then one,
two, and up over the chairs with in
describable elan. He passes through
the air with curious slowness, and dc-
tually alights gingerly on the lighted
candles which he carefully e~xtinguishcs,
one with each foot. Having success
fully accomplished this, the jumper
seems to- rise of the tips OF the candles
and alights gracefully on the groun'.
bowling to his admiring audience. or
course. the whole Of the jump takes
only tu'o or three seconds, but 1t calls
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to the neeF hind wheel. Taking as
great a run as the stage will allow
Higgins springs lightly on to the table.
pauses for a moment, then rises with
an extraordinary bound right over
and across-the top Of the brougham.
One opines that the value OF the car
riage deteriorates nightly. mainly on
account of those dumb-bells, which are
discarded In flight. often they fall on
the carriage and knock It about. Or
one will fall on n lamp. and batter it
somewhat. But it is a grand feat THIS
jumping over a full-sized brougham-
splendidly engineered 40 as to bring
down the house the moment the "Hu-
man Kagaroo" alights on the carpets
placed on the other side.
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IS A GREAT JUMPER.
WHY HIGGINS rs CALLED THE
HUMAN KANGAROO.
some OF Ills Extraordinary Feats de-
scribcd and Illustrated Into u tase
OF Eggs without breaking g Single
One.

In the strand Magazine Oswald
North writes OF the extraordinary
jumping fcats of John Higgins, Tho
Human Kangaroo" From this article
we quote:
The curious thing about Mr.. Higgins
Is that he is considerably below med
ium statue. being but 3 feet ga inches
In height. He is not yet twenty-Six
years OF age, and from Black
burma district famous for the mum
Der and variety OF athletes II has pro-
duced. Higgins various feats are
truly remarkable. whether considered
merely "a Jumps. or as dramatic spec
tacles. ingcniously contrived and bril-
liantly executed. The photographs re-
produced here were specially taken on
the stage Of the Pavilion theater. in
Piccadilly Circus.
One of the feats which Mr.. Higgins
Is shown performing is one of a mum
Der Of very extraordinary tricl
jumps. Clutching his dumb-bells, IN,
wonderful little man gives "A few
kangaroo like leaps. and then rise!
into the air and alights right In tn,
middle Of a case OF eggs And yet 40
an g is cracked. although the ath
lete is seen to lingcr in their midst 70
4 moment and then rise gracefully
over the back of the chair. We askcl
him how this was done. He said l.,
couldn't tell; it was partly an effor
of will. When he alighted for tina
fraction Of a second on the eggs, Ia
did not, OF course, exercise a single
ounce Of his weight, but complete,
the jump by certain strenuous move
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(To be continued.)
COMPLETION OF THE BIBLE.


Generally Believed to Have Been Reached
About A. ID. 1870.
Scholars differ in opinion as to the
date at which the books now found in
the New Testament were completed.
a y the Review OF Reviews, but It is
probable that this was accomplished
not later than 100. Many centuries
have passed since the formation of tho
old testament, but the new was all
written within a single hundred years.
The decision as to which books should
be received into the new canon was
not so quickly reached, for the earliest
fathers Of the church frequently quote
from other gospels, such as one FAC
cording to the Egyptians" or accord
ing to the Hebrews" and the Syrian
church accepted some books not re-
ceived by that of North America, or
the western church and vice versa.
There Is a legend that at the first ecum-
enical council of Nicaea, 325. copies of
the Christian literature then current
were laid beneath the altar and the
| genuine books leaped out Of the mass
and ranged themselves on the altar.
1t probably contains a germ of the truth
that at this convocation 1t was de-
cided that the books now received
were apostolic or written under apos-
| tolic direction, and the others were
spurious. Be that as it may the judg-
ment of several generations of Chris
tians certainly decided upon the value
OF these books as distinguished from
many others written at about that time
or later, and the council of Carthage
(397) is said to have fixed the canon.
The word canon" was first used by
Athanasius, in the fourth century, in
the sense Of accepted" or author
ized,' and Jerome and Augustine held
the present new testament as canoni.
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Miss Dimsdale, don't you know
me, Dick Harris?"
For a moment there was a death
like silence. then the dying m
muttered, Dorothy g~lrl-alone."
you are troubling about Dorothy"
said Dick, slowly and clearly, and
have something to tell you
Dorothy. Can you hear me? Cannot
you make me some sign that you near
me? Can you move your hand?'
But no. the hand remained perfectly
still. still and cold, as if it were dead
already.
Can you make me no sign that you
hear me-" Dick urged. Il must tel
you this about Dorothy. 1t will make
you quite easy in your mind ABOUT
her"
Still she did not move or speak. u
after a moment or so her eyes Slowly
opened and she looked at him.
II see that you hear me ana
know me-" said Dick. you are
troubling to know what will happen
to Dorothy if you should die in TINS
illness. Is that it?"
Yes" She had managed to speak
intelligibly at last, and Dick pressed
the cold. nerveless hand still covered
by his own.
II want to marry Dorothy at once
he said very clearly and gently. Il
should have asked you soon In any
case. But you will be quite satisfied TO
know that she is safe with me, won't
you?"
There was another silence; then the
poor tied tongue tried to speak, tried
again, and at last mumbled something
which the three listeners knew was,
Bless you"
"Auntie, auntie," sobbed Dorothy, In
an agony, SAY one word to me-to
me and poor Barbara. do"
The dying eyes turned toward the
faithful servant, and a Pickering smile
passed across the worn, gray face.
"Old friends" she said more clear
ly than she had yet spoken. very
happy" and the eyes turned toward
Dick.
"Auntie!' cried Dorothy.
MY lite girl" said the dying won
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part OF his body generally.
Often people in the audience have
doubted that the eggs were real eggs
But such persons are always courtc-
ously invited on to the stage, not mere
ly to examine the eggs after the jump.
out before, and during its accomplish
ment. Beyond all doubt the thing is
genuine-a really graceful and beauti-
full feat, calling for extraordinary
agility and s%uppleness, and extremely
careful judgment. ..
A very curious trick jump is seen
in another picture given. The subject
is Mr.. Frank Munro. Mr.. Higgins
manager and agent. who, OF course,
does not usually "oblige" in this re-
spect. The assistant, arrayed in a silk
hat land, Of course. other things: only
the silk hat is a sine qua nom, takes
up his position firmly near a table. IL
would never do for him to wobble
about er~ratically. Well. a lighted
candle in a candle-stick Is placed care
fully on his hat, and. this done. he
jumper retires some distance to take
measurements with his eye.
The reproduction OF the photo, fully
explains this remarkable performance.
1t is, indeed, a tremendous jump from
the other side Of the table right Up
on to the candle with both feet to-
gether. The fame is e%xtinguished with
a quick movement OF the foot from the
ankle, and then the athlete sails grace
fully down On to the stage.
In the photo, one dumb-bell drop
ped by Higgins in his flight is Just
about to drop on to the table. And
these missiles certainly do fall around
with alarming promiscuity. The stage
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"A BELL IN fLISfil.
however, won the cross by one and
a half inches. and the jumps by nine
feet! ".. '.
What may be called the athletes
most sensational jump Is also shown.
His victim for this occasion only was
Mr.. Frank Munro. AS a rule Higgins
has to content himself with a paid IN
derling as corpus vile, unless there
happens to be some one in the audi
ence burning for distinction. A chair
is placed on the table. and the as
sistant leans back with his elbows on
the table and the back Of his head
resting on the seat Of the chair.
When all is in readiness, and the
audience suitably worked up, Higgins
retires slowly to the other end OF the
stage. Here he dips his shoes into a
preparation OF lampblack and oil, so
that his mark" may be proof positive
Of successful accomplishment. Then
giving the usual preliminary leaps, and
carefully calculating distances with
his eye, he bounds into the air. lin
gers for an infinitesimal period on lis
subjects face, and then descends to
the stage on the other side. The or
deal past, the subject rises bashful'y
to take that share Of applause to which
the big smuts on his nose and eyes
entitle him.
Another illustration depicts Mr., Hig-
gins showiest fe~at-jumping over an
ordinary brougham. OF course, Hig-
gins does npt leap off the ground clean
bover otheiJ caFriaga. nc, human being
could do that. Observe the small table
2 It. 3 in. high. which is placed close
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RECENT

To prevent rubber boots from wear
ing out quickly a protecting slipper OF
woven wire is made to cover the sole
and extend a short distance up the
sides of the boot. .....r .. .,
To prevent cutting the hide of an an
imal when %skinning II. a new knife has
a dull blade lying parallel with tho
cutting blade. which keeps the latter
away from the hide.
Electricity Is used to operate a new
railway gate, a small motor being
geared to the rocking shaft on which
tho gate arm Is mounted. to be oper-
ated by a controller in the gateman's
shelter. ,
A western man has patented q grain
elevator In which compressed air Is
used to carry the grain, a receiving
vessel being mounted at the end of q
suction pipe. which draws the grain
into a blast pipe and forces It with the
air to the top OF the elevator.
A combined spring shackle and oil
ejector Is attached to anchor cables
and towing hawsers to lessen the IL
ability Of breakage. the spring being
set in an oil-containing casing with an
eyelet at each end to which the cablo
in q storm depresses the spring and
forces oil through the perforations In
the casing. ..N
Expansion pulleys are to be used On
machine lathes. the new pulley COM
sisting OF a fiat disk, In which are Set
a series Of short shafts. with q second
disk having slots In 1t to adjust the
shafts so as to increase the circum-
ference OF the circle In which they
move. Two pulleys can be operated by
one lever to Increase and decrease in
an opposite equal ratio.
Shrubs and small trees can be pro-
tected in winter by a straw rope,
which Is easily made In a newly de-
transverse notches cut In Its sides at
short intervals. A cord Is placed IN
the box with short strings attached 10
1t to fit the notches, so they can be
drawn together and tied around the
straw which forms the rope.
To catch queen bees and drones AZ
they attempt to leave a hive a frame
is placed over the opening, having q
depending screen with openings large
enough to permit the passage Of the
worker bees, a number of open-end
being set On a partition In tho
center of the frame and opening into
a removable chamber. The large bees
crawl through the cones into the trap
and can then be taken out.