352 THE bee-kekpkr's guide; 



covered with factory-cloth, firmly tacked except at one end, 

 where it is fastened, at will, by rings which hook over screws. 

 The two sides have no permanent connection of wood, except 

 at the ends (Fig. 166, c, c). The small strips which connect at 

 these places are double, and hinged to the side frames, and the 

 two parts of each hinged together. Thus these may drop, and 

 so permit the side frames to come close together where we 

 wish to " fold our tent." The sides are kept apart by center 

 cross-strips at the ends (Fig. 166, a, a), from which braces (Fig. 

 166, z, i) extend to the double cross-strips above. These center 

 strips, with their braces hinged to them, are separate from the 

 rest of the frame, except wnen hooked on as we spread the 

 tent. I have since made a similar tent, and for end-pieces 

 used simply four round sticks, the ends of which fitted very 

 closely into holes bored into the uprights of the side frames, 

 one into the top and one into the middle of each. These end- 

 pieces are as long as can be crowded in. This is very simple 

 and excellent. 



After use of this tent several years, I can not praise it too 

 highly. It is also admirable in aiding to get bees out of sec- 

 tions—in which case cones, like the Reese cones (Fig. 159), will 

 permit the bees to escape, and to use at fairs, when bees can 

 be manipulated in the tent. I have so used it. The tent 

 should always be used, if we must handle bees when no gath- 

 ering is being done. There no robbing will be caused. I have 

 already referred to a cheap tent made by A. I. Root (Fig. 158). 

 That, however, is not as convenient as this one. 



