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pointed tacks in which the points are 

 about an inch and a half apart. One 

 point is driven into the bottom board, 

 at one corner of the hive, and the other 

 point into the side of the hive. Each 

 corner of the hive, or bottom board, is 

 served the same. The staples at the 

 front end of the hive are made to slant 

 in one direction, and those at the back 

 end in the opposite direction, hence 

 they act as braces, acting- one ag-ainst 

 the other, and prevent the bottom board 

 from slipping- in either direction. Be- 

 f )re the cover was fastened down, a 

 piece of rag^ carpet was spread over 

 the frames. The entrance was closed 

 with wire cloth, and that was all of 

 the ventilation that was given. By the 

 way, it may be worth while to describe 

 how this wire cloth entrance-stopper 

 was made and used, as it was very 

 easily and quickly put in place, or re- 

 moved. Cut a piece of wire cloth two 

 inches wide, and as long as the en- 

 trance is wide. Fold, or bend, it along 

 the middle of the long way until, in 

 looking at the end, it has the shape of 

 the letter "V," or, possibly, the letter 

 "U. " Introduce the folded edge into 

 the entrance, and crowd the wire cloth 

 back into the entrance until the outer 

 edges are nearly or quite even, or 

 "flush," with the front of the hive. 

 The elasticity, or "spring, "of the wire 

 keeps it in place, yet it can be very 

 easily and quickly pulled out with the 

 points of the finger and thumb. This 

 method of closing- the entrance might 

 not be sufficientl3' secure for shipping 

 bees long distances by express, but for 

 short distances, where under the su- 

 pervision of the owner, it is all right. 



ARRANGING THE HIVES IN THE CELLAR. 



After the bees were hauled home they 

 were set down on the ground near the 

 entrance to the cellar, the crate staples 

 removed by the use of a screw driver, 

 the fronts of the hives raised a little by 

 putting a piece of section under the 

 edge of each hive. This was done that 

 I might be sure that the hive was en- 



tirely loosened from the bottom board, 

 so that it would not come loose with a 

 "snap" when the hive was picked up 

 to carry it into the cellar. Not only 

 this, but the cool air would induce the 

 bees to crawl up among the combs, and 

 part of the cluster would not be left on 

 the bottom board when tlie hive was 

 picked up to carry it into the cellar. 

 The hives were left standing thus o"er 

 night that the bees might have time to 

 ' 'cool down" after being moved. When 

 they were carried into the cellar, the 

 covers were removed, and the hives 

 stacked up by placing a two-inch, 

 square strip of wood at each end of a 

 hive, between it and the hive above. 

 This gives a two-inch space below 

 each hive, and there is a piece of rag 

 carpet over each brood nest. The 

 cellar door has stood open most of the 

 time since I put the bees in. When I 

 close the entrance to the cellar the tem- 

 perature is about 50. The bees are 

 closely clustered and very quiet. 



"pin-hole" PHOTOGRAPHY." 



The reason that I had them on such 

 a small piece of ground this year, was 

 because I had bargained for this space 

 before I expected to have so many bees. 

 Later I bought more bees, but I man- 

 aged to crowd the increase upon this 

 space. Another year I shall have a 

 location near where the bees were kept 

 last year, but where there will be an 

 abundance of room. The ground is all 

 laid out now, and the blocks placed to 

 set the hives upon as soon as the 

 weather is suitable in the spring. I 

 am going to give yo'a a view of this 

 ground upon which the apiary is to 

 stand another year. I am doing this 

 not because I consider it picturesque, 

 or that there is anything particularly 

 noteworthy about it, but because I have 

 been studying up what is called "pin- 

 hole" photography, and this cut is made 

 from the first photograph that I made 

 with that process. No lens is used, 

 simply a pin-hole, not larger than a 

 fine cambric needle. Of course, a long 



