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THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW. 



Prof. Hedrick, of the College will give 

 a talk on "Bees and their Relation to 

 Fruit-Growing, " considering their 

 value in cross-fertilizing the flowers, 

 and the injury they may do in conve}- 

 ing destructive diseases and insects, 

 such as the San Jose scale, as well as 

 the damage done by bees to fruits, etc. 

 This will be something along the same 

 line as the talk given by Prof. Waite 

 at Buffalo, in 1901. Ernest Root has 

 promised to be with us, and, taking it 

 all in all, it promises to be a most 

 interesting meeting. 



On account of the "round-up" Insti- 

 tute, half -fare will be given on all 

 Michigan railroads. Dinner and sup- 

 per may be secured at the College, but 

 visitors will have to go to Lansing for 

 their lodging and breakfast. The dis- 

 tance, however, is only four miles, and 

 it can be made on an electric car for 

 only five eents. Headquarters for bee- 

 keepers at Lansing will be at the 

 Wentworth hotel, where excellent fare 

 may be secured at $1.50 a daj'. 

 Further particulars and a program 

 will be given later. 



SUPPORTING FRAMES ON NAILS — FAST- 

 ENING SUCH FRAMES FOR 

 MOVING. 



Two or three months ago I described 

 some frames used by Mr. E. B. Tyr- 

 rell, of Davison, Michigan. Soon after 

 the appearance of the article one of 

 my subscribers asked how such frames 

 would answer when it was desirable 

 to move the bees — how the frames 

 would be fastened. I knew there were 

 several ways in which they might be 

 fastened, but I wished to see how Mr. 

 Tyrrell would go at it, so I sent the 

 inquirj' to him. Here is Mr. Tyrrell's 

 reply : 



"Friend Hutchinson: — In regard to 

 how I would fasten those frames that 

 hang on nails, for moving, I would 

 say that in most cases I would not 

 fasten thetn. I have moved a good 



many bees on loose, hanging frames, 

 and never had any trouble. Occa- 

 sionall}', a few might get out of place, 

 but I could never see that any damage 

 was done. I would not want to move 

 bees at a time when the roads were in 

 such a condition that there would be 

 any danger of the frames shoving to- 

 gether, if loaded crosswise, of the 

 wagon. Of course, one would have to 

 be a little more careful in handling the 

 hives while loading and unloading 

 them. 



But, to answer the question asked, I 

 would sixy, get some strips of wood cut 

 ■4 xl/'^x the length of the width of the in- 

 side of the hive. As the space between 

 the ends of the frames and the hive is 

 just '4 inch, you will see that if it 

 wasn't for the nail-ends of the frames, 

 the strips would just push down be- 

 tween the ends of the frames and the 

 hive, but as the nails prevent, we must 

 cut a saw-kerf, for each nail, within '4 

 inch of the opposite side of the strip. 

 This will allow the piece to slip down 

 over the nail ends, firmly holding them 

 in place, both endwise and cross-wise, 

 and, by puting them in place a few 

 days before moving, the bees will glue 

 the frames to them, so no bottom-spacer 

 will be needed, unless the hives were 

 subject to very rough handling. Of 

 course, these pieces could be made 

 narrower than IJ2 inch, only it would 

 not furnish so good a bearing at the 

 ends of the frames, and a bottom- 

 spacer would be more likely to be nec- 

 essary. 



Another way of fastening them 

 would be to use little staples, driving 

 them straddle of the nails. The bot- 

 toms can be kept from swinging by 

 crowding in some strips between the 

 bottom ends of the frames and the hives, 

 the nails slipping up in the saw-kerfs 

 made. 



Still another way would be to tack 

 thin strips of wood across the tops of 

 the frames, near each end, putting a 

 tack into each frame. 



