1899 



GLEANINGS IN BICE CULTURE. 



847 



BEE-SUPPLIES FOR iooo. 



BY E. R. ROOT. 



There will be very few changes made in sup- 

 plies for the coming year. The styles and 

 models put out last season and the one before 

 gave such universal satisfaction that but very 

 few changes seem to be required. But what 



FIG. 1. COMBINED BOTTOM-BOARD AND HIVE 

 STAND. 



there are, are of such a character that they 

 will not affect the combination of supplies al- 

 ready in use or those the dealer has on hand. 

 Perhaps the most important change will be 

 the substitution of what we call the Excelsior 

 cover for the regular Dar.zenbaker. In some 



climates the latter would, under the influence 

 of hot dry winds and sun. shrink enough to 

 let in the water; so, accordingly, we have de- 



KIG. 2. — DOVETAILED HIVE ON THE COMBIN- 

 ED BOTTOM-BOARD AND HIVE- 

 STAND. 



vised a new cover so constructed that if there 

 is any shrinking it will have a tendency to 



Fig. 3.— The above shows the AE<>4P I 8 Dovetailed hive— a 1^-story hive for comb honey, with I^-inch plain 

 sections. The super at the right is opened up, showing the 4%-inch plain sections used in plain section-hold- 

 ers with P fences. When both supers are included it becomes a two-story hive for comb honey, and is styled 

 AE644P | 8. If neither super is included it is then a one-storv hive, and styled AEO | 8. When the sections and 

 foundation starters are not included the figures are changed so that the 1^-story hive without sections and 

 starters is styled AE52P | 8 ; the two-story. AE522 | s, and the one-story, AE5 | 8. 



These different styles are also furnished in ten-frame size, and these are indicated by cnanging the last fig- 

 ures from 8 to 10. as AE64P | 10, etc. A stands for the Danz. bottom; E for the Excelsior cover; 6 for the brood- 

 chamber with frames, division-board, and foundation starters; IP for the super with 4^-inch plain sections,, 

 starters, section-holders, and fences. 



