OCTOBER 1, 1913 



packing is put in. The 

 front should be set 

 liack three inches from 

 the edge of the floor 

 to form the alighting- 

 beard. Thii; can be 

 %m\ in tbe illustration, 

 Which slioWs the com- 

 J>iete case. Tbe sides 

 should be toie-nailed to 

 Hie floor in a few plac- 

 es to prevent spread- 

 ing at tlie bottom. 



The other picture 

 shows the entrance 

 cover which connects 

 llio hive entrance with 

 the outside entrance, 

 and allows packing the 

 front of the hive. It 

 should fit over the 

 front of the hive-bot- 

 tom instead of resting 

 on it as in the picture, 

 and extend forward 



IV2 inches further than the bottom-board, 

 Bo that the bottom-board may not stop up 

 the outside entrance. If it is made this way 

 it will prevent mice getting in the hives 

 from the packing. In practice the entrance 

 cover is slipped over the hive entrance, and 

 the hive pushed forward so that tlie cover 

 fits tight against the hive and the case. The 

 case is two feet high, and gives room for a 

 comb-honey super on the hive, which is fill- 

 ed with packing with a piece of burlap ovei' 

 the frame. I put a cover on the super and 



Entrance protector 

 the packing material in 

 hive. 



to fit over the front of the bottom-board. This keeps 

 the winter case from filling up the entrance of the 



leave a small wisp of straw under one side 

 so as to give some ventilation upward. 

 Packing is put on top of the hives, and 

 rounded up slightly, and the roofing paper 

 is then put on. The case should measure 31 

 inches wide outside. 



When spring comes one can tear down 

 tlie case, and use the boards for other pur- 

 ]ioses, or store tiieni away out of the Aveatli- 

 or for future use. 



St. Joseph, Mo. 



Winter case for twelve colonies. 



