1910 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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G. c. greiner's method of moving colony sleds in winter. 



were packed they were in sheds holding five 

 colonies each, and weighing about 500 lbs. 

 To load one of these sheds and handle it as 

 carefully as bees should be handled would 

 require a number of hands, which would be 

 difficult to find just when I wanted them. 

 At first the undertaking looked A little dis- 



being raised. The tool at the left is the 

 lifter: the drawing makes it plain enough 

 so that a description is not necessary. With 

 the roller attachment, which I consider a 

 great advantage, it works so smoothly that 

 it does not jar the sheds in the least when 

 being operated. 



In their natural positions all sheds 

 are blocked up about six inches 

 from the ground; and to load them, 

 each one had to be raised from four 

 to six inches from their foundation. 

 To do this the left end of the shed 

 is raised first, just high enough to 

 let the little bench take its place. 

 Then the other end is raised about 



fig. 1. — TOOLS FOR LOADING AND MOVING SHEDS OF BEES 



couraging, but after man- 

 ufacturing the necessary 

 tools and contrivances I 

 succeeded so well that 1 

 did the whole business 

 easily without the help of 

 a single person. 



The tools I used in load- 

 ing and moving are shown 

 at Fig. 1. In the center is 

 the rig I used for moving. 

 It is a combination of 

 sleigh and stoneboat. The 

 runners are 3x6-in. tim- 

 bers, with a level one-inch 

 platform on top. At the 

 right is a bench about 12 

 in. high, made like a com- 

 mon saw-horse. It is used 

 to support the shed after fig. 2. —elevated shed with sled in place ready for moving. 



