OR^ MANUAI< OF THB APIARY. 



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Often when there is no honey to gather, as when we take 

 the last honey in autumn, or prepare the bees for winter, the 

 bees are inordinately cross. This is especially true of black 



Fig. 166. 



Bee- Tent. — Original, 



bees and hybrids. At such times I have found an invaluable 

 aid in 



THE BEB-TKNT. 

 This also keeps all robbers from mischief. It is simply a 

 tent which entirely covers the hives, bees, bee-keeper and all. 

 The one I use (Fig-. 166) is light, large, and easily moved, or 

 folded up if we wish to put it in the house. The sides are 

 rectangulur frames made of light pine strips, well braced (Fig. 

 166, b, b), and covered with wire-cloth. The top and ends are 



