GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Addition built on the south side of E. C. Barber's sliop, 20 feet long and 5 feet wide. It is covered 

 with two-ply paper, granite finish. Cost for material and labor, $22.50. Ten colonies are being wintered 

 inside this building, temperature 45 to 50 F. In hot weather the side can be opened to give plenty of 

 ventilation. There is also a door in each end. 



are painted different colors — red, white, and 

 green, alternately. 



Just under these entrances is an alighting- 

 board 12 inches wide and the length of the 

 building. This is set at an angle of 45 

 degrees with the side of the building. This 

 alighting-board was placed after tlie photos 

 were taken. 



There are two long windows and three 

 doors. These swing out at any angle de- 

 sired, to admit air circulating in extremely 



Close view of Barber's house-apiary, with ventilators open 



hot weather. They also give light when 

 working with the bees. The bottoms of 

 these windows are placed 24 inches above 

 the entrances and aligliting-board, which is 

 about the same height as the hive with two 

 supers on. These windows can be opened 

 and closed from the inside of the house. 

 There is also a door at each end. These can 

 be opened for ventilation in very hot weath- 

 er. A liinged door, 20 inches wide, is fast- 

 ened on to the back of the hive-stand. 

 The door swings up 

 back of the liive-stand, 

 and is used for the 

 purpose of holding 

 planer - shavings in 

 l^acking bees for the 

 winter, giving a space 

 of 2 inches in front of 

 the hives, and about 

 tlu-ee inches in back, . 

 and seven inches be- 

 tween each two hives. 

 In the spring this 

 door is unhooked and 

 swung down so that 

 the edge comes even 

 with the floor, and the 

 shavings on the gal- 

 vanized iron can be re- 

 moved very easilj^ The 

 interiors of these 

 buildings are painted 

 with two coats of 



