AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



115 



room, 3 inches high and 3 inches wider 

 than the length of a hive. This plat- 

 form is permanently stuffed with planer 

 shavings. A plain hive with square 

 corners and flat top is used. The hives 

 stand on this platform, flush with the 

 inside edge of the studding sidewise to 

 the wall, 2 feet from center to center, 

 thus bringing the ends only 8% inches 

 apart. The entrance to each hive passes 

 through the outside boarding nearly on 

 a level with the floor, then rises on a 

 slant to the top of the platform, and 

 opens into the hive 4 inches from its 

 outer side. This leaves a space for dead 

 bees to accumulate, so that no rim is 

 needed under the hive in winter. 



Over the space betweenthe hive and 

 the wall, level with the bottom of the 

 hive, is a loose cover with an inch hole 

 in it. Then over this, nearly to the top 

 of the hive, is another cover, resting on 

 cleats on the studding. This forms a sort 



in place, and letting them down through 

 the inch hole and up into the hive at 

 their leisure, one troublesome feature of 

 most house-apiaries is avoided. These 

 platforms provide for 100 hives. Above 

 these platforms, 4:hl feet from the floor, is 

 a shelf, formed by nailing an arm of inch 

 stuff on each side of each studding, with 

 a brace, 2 by 4 by 24, nailed between 

 them and their outer ends, and spiked 

 on the edge of the studding below. 

 These brackets are floored over exactly 

 like the lower platform, entrances and 

 all, and packed for winter in the same 

 way. 



The windows consist of one light, 14 

 by 20, with the sash set into the wall 

 without casings, and screwed to a cleat 

 on each side, that is nailed inside the 

 boarding. There is a window in front 

 of every third hive. A hole is bored 

 through the top sash close to the edge 

 of the glass, and around each opening 



Interior Vietv of Mr. H. P. Langdon's House-Apiary. 



of box 4 by 22, and 9 inches deep, be- 

 tween the hive and the wall, and makes 

 a very convenient place to get rid of 

 bees that must be shaken off the covers, 

 combs and other things. By tipping 

 this upper cover back against the wall, 

 shaking in the bees, dropping the cover 



the wood is cut away inside, to lead out 

 all bees that fly to the window. Just 

 above the level of the cover of each hive 

 is a 2-inch hole bored through the wall, 

 with a wire cone in each. These are 

 the bee-escapes proper of the house. All. 

 windows, except the one nearest the- 



