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frames. We cleaned off the frames on top of each 

 end, and laid one of those pieces flatwise across the 

 ends of the frames, and nailed with 3-penny wire 

 nails down through the piece and frames Into the 

 wooden rabbets that the frames rest on, putting 

 three nails into each piece -one at each end and 

 one in the middle. We could have put one nail into 

 each frame if we had chosen, then the frames could 

 not move, as the piece nailed on top holds them 

 firm. This way of fastsnlng will not cost a cent, as 

 the pieces of frame stuff can be used after to make 

 frames of. It is a very easy thing to pry up the 

 pieces and take them out, after we have the bees 

 moved, and then we have no staples to be in the 

 way when we are handling the frames. As for 

 spacers in the hanging frames, I don'i want any. 

 I can, with my eyes and fingers, space them in a 

 quarter of a minute, very nearly as true and even 

 as can be done with a measure. E France. 



Platteville, Wis., Feb. 5. 



With Replies from our best Authorities on Bees. 



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Question 158.— I iiace two out-apiaries, three and 

 five miles apart respectively, from my yard. Would it 

 be cheaper for me to keep a horse and wagon the year 

 round, or hire a livery during that part of the year 

 when I need to visit the apiary orhaul sections, supers, 

 etc., back and forth? 



Keep a horse and wagon. 

 Wisconsin. S. W. 



Geo. Grimm. 



If that is all the use you have for a horse and 

 ■wagon, hire them. 

 Ohio. N. W. A. B. Mason. 



I believe I would have the horse. They are con- 

 venient at all seasons. 

 Michigan. C. A. J. Cook. 



Probably the livery, if not too high priced, if you 

 have no use for the horse for any other purpose. 

 New York. C. G. M. Doolittle. 



I suspect that would depend much upon how you 

 are situated. For me it is much cheaper to keep 

 the rig myself. 



Illinois. N. C. C. Miller. 



Knowing your surroundings and conditions, you 

 ought to be able to answer that question better 

 than any one else. 



Illinois. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



It seems to me that the owner of three apiaries 

 •would need and could afford to keep a horse the 

 year round. 



Illinois. N. C. J. A. Green. 



That depends upon the cost of the livery and the 

 cost of keeping a horse in your place, and the way 

 in which you work your bees, etc. 



New York. C. P. H. Elwood. 



That depends upon how often the inquirer visits 

 his apiaries, and what the expense of hiring a livery 

 is. With me it is cheaper to keep a team; and very 

 much morerpleasant. 



Vermont. N. W. A. E. Manum. 



This can be answered only by one who knows the 

 local circumstances. 

 Cuba. O. O. POPPLETON. 



With our management and hives, and if we had 

 no other use for a horse, we should prefer to hire a 

 horse and a buggy or wagon. 



Illinois. N. W. Dadant & Son. 



It depends on how much the horse may do during 

 the rest of the year to help pay his board. I guess 

 it will be safer tor you to answer this question for 

 yourself. 



Ohio. N. W. H. R. BOARDMAN. 



If you have no other use for the wagon and horse, 

 I have no doubt it would be much cheaper to hire, 

 as a horse must be fed and attended to; and no 

 doubt that the cost of his keeping during the winter 

 only will more than exceed the rent. 



Louisiana. E. C. P. L. Viallon. 



Sometimes a horse and wagon can be secured for 

 a part of the time on very favorable terms, and 

 sometimes it can not. Let the good brother inquire 

 and see what he can do. On general principles, I 

 think he will of tener find it cheaper to own his rig 

 than to hire it. 



Ohio. N. W. E. E. Hasty. 



Perhaps a bargain could be made with a livery 

 for the season that would enable you to hire a 

 horse cheaper than you can keep one. There would 

 be this disadvantage— you would have to get ac- 

 quainted with a new horse nearly every time. You 

 might get a kicker or a baulker. So, taking it all in 

 all, I would keep a horse the year round. 



New York. E. Rambler. 



I should say, hire a horse and wagon if you have 

 no other use for the team. We keep two horses of 

 our own, and all the wagons we want to use. But 

 we have eleven acres of land to work in small fruit, 

 etc. We hire an e.xtra team about a month when 

 we are extracting honey, at a cost of .f 1.50 per day, 

 and feed the team, which is much cheaper than to 

 own the extra team, and feed and care for them 

 the whole year. 



Wisconsin. S. W. E. France. 



I have tried both ways. I found ii very diflflcult 

 to manage my bees in out-apiaries without a horse 

 at my own control, that I could command at a mo- 

 ment's warning. The most clean money I ever 

 made in bees was when I rented a place to live and 

 keep the bees for SlOO per year. I kept 100 stocks 

 in the one place. My advice is, to hesitate before 

 establishing an out-apiary and increasing expenses. 



Connecticut. S. W. L. C. Root. 



You are the man to solve this problem. Find out 

 what the liveries will cost you, then figure the other 

 side— cost of wagon, horse, harness, and feed, and 

 the probable time that they will last. You may de- 

 cide that it is cheaper to hire; but most bee-keepers 

 have uses for their horses, other than going back 

 and forth to their apiaries. I hitch mine up almost 

 daily (Sundays not excepted), and like to pull the 

 lines over good ones that can go faster than I can. 



Wisconsin. S. W. S. I. Freeborn. 



Every thing depends upon your circumstances. 

 If I were in your place, and had a small farm, and 

 could get a cheap pasture and a good barn, or room 

 to build one, and had a wife or daughter who liked 



