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HOXEY PRODUCTION 



are used to cover the cases to keep away robbers. They ai^ 

 made of very coarse cloth or gunny, about a yard square. 



* ' Take two pieces of lath, each about as long as the hive, and 

 lay one upon the other, with one edge of the cloth between 

 them. The cloth is longer than the lath, allowing 6 inches or 

 more of the cloth to project at each end of the lath. Now nail 

 the laths together with IV2 inch wire nails, clinching them. 

 Serve the opposite end the same way, and the robber cloth 



Fig. 206. 



SUPER WITH ROBBER CLOTH AND PAN*. 



is complete. You can take hold of the lath with one hand, lift 

 the cloth from a hive or super, and with a quick throw, in- 

 stantly cover up again your hive or super perfectly bee tight." 

 ("A Year Among the Bees," 1886.) 



The operator opens a hive, removes the super, places it in 

 a tin pan, and covers it with a robber cloth. He then ex- 

 amines the brood chamber, from which one or two combs may 

 be removed if advisable. We usually leave all the honey in 



