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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Fifr. 

 so met 

 .avors 



3.— A hybr 

 iiiies favor 

 the white 



d sage, a cross between the white and button sage. It 

 i the white and sometimes the button. Tliis specimen 

 in leaf and stalk, but lias a distinct button. 



lx)xes from slipping off. 

 Put on the legs and 

 brace them, and you 

 have a handy convey- 

 ance, not only for get- 

 ting honey to the ex- 

 tracting-rooni, but for 

 moving hives and oth- 

 er material. Always 

 load the honey-box 

 nearest the handles 

 first, and you will not 

 upset your load of hon- 

 ey. It is important to 

 remember this. I was 

 particularly emphatic 

 in telling one of my 

 helpers how to load; 

 but he had to upset 

 twice before he could 

 remember it. 



The honey- boxes 

 should be one inch 

 deei)er than the frames, 

 to allow for acctimula- 

 tions at the bottom, 

 and should hold one 

 more frame than the 

 hives one is using, for 

 convenience in getting 

 fliem out, and leaving 

 room for thick combs, 

 brace-combs, etc. The 

 covers oi)en in the cen- 

 ter, and are put on 

 with strap liinges. I 

 used only two hinges 

 for cacli door until last 

 year, when I added an- 

 other. Two are hardly 

 sufficient to stand the 



inches long, an 1 

 10 inches wide 

 diagonally across 

 from . o p ]) o s i t e 

 corners, and yu 

 have two wedge- 

 shaped }) i e c e s . 

 Fasten the 

 straight edge to 

 the handles with 

 the wide end to- 

 ward the wheel. 

 Brace each side 

 jnec-e to the han- 

 dle on the oj)i)o- 

 si 1 e side. Of 

 course the wheel 

 fastenings and 

 wheel should be 

 l)ut on before the 

 handles are fast- 

 ened together. 

 Nail on the 

 boards for the 

 platform, and 

 nail a V& strip on 

 the front end and 

 ,sides to keep the 



Fig. i.—.\ range of white sage nearly a mile wide and two miles long surround- 

 ing the apiary of P. C. Chadwick, I^edlands, Cal. 



