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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



right angle. One end of the rods passes 

 thru holes made in the cleats on the sides 

 of the frame and are fastened with the 

 nuts in a way to allow the rods to turn 

 around. Tliree flat bars of iron 1/2 iaich 

 thick by 1^/2 inches wide by 51/2 feet long 

 with five y2-inch holes in each of them are 

 provided, and the other ends of the rods are 

 fastened in them in a way so as to let them 

 turn in them as the other ends turn in the 

 cleats on the edges of the frame. Those 

 rods and bars make the sides of the frame 

 and are fastened together at the top of each 

 conier with a latch. 



The rear seat of the automobile is taken 

 off, and a small bed 31/3 x 5 feet by 9 inches 

 deep is made to fit on the ear, reaching up 

 flush with the top of the fenders of the rear 

 wheels. 



The frame described above fits snugly on 



lop of the bed and the fenders of the ma- 

 chine, reacliing two inches over the sides of 

 the fenders. 



While loading and unloading all three 

 sides of the frame can be let down entirely 

 out of the way by unlatching the corners 

 and allowing the rods to turn half around 

 like a crank, so that the sides of the frame 

 are swinging straight down, entirely out of 

 the way in every respect, leaving a nice 

 smooth floor with not a single thing in the 

 way in loading. Then, like turning a crank 

 half around, the sides of the frame are ele- 

 vated and fastened at the top corners aiid 

 not a super can get away while bei)ig 

 hauled to or from the outyards. This frame 

 holds twelve eight-frame supers to the tier. 

 We have hauled twenty full supers to the 

 load and fifty supers of empty combs to the 

 load. 



Roswell, N. M. 



CONCRETE WORK-SHOP, HONEY- HOUSE, AND BEE -CELLAR 



337 Colonies Wintering Indoors 



BY DAVID RUNNING 



My building is 16 x 40 ft., outside mea- 

 sure, with a bee-cellar underneath, the ceil- 

 ing of which is 2 feet below the surface of 

 the ground. The entrance to the cellar is in 

 a side hill. The honey-house and shop ai'e 

 on the main floor, and the second floor is a 



large storage room. The bridge shown 

 [cover picture — Ed.] drops down for load- 

 ing and unloading honey or supplies. No- 

 tice the pump between the doors. We have 

 jilenty of water always at hand — a big help 

 in keeping things clean. 



David Runninj^ 



Kl X 4 0-foot concrete building. The end vie-w of this building and the entrance to the 

 bee-cellar are shown on our cover. 



