DECKirnER, 1022 



G li E A N I N G S IN B K K CULTURE 



775 



FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



brood-nest for tlie purpose of requeening or 

 clipping? Perliaps you are a professional 

 man or backlotter, and not accustomed to 

 heavy lifting. Perliaps you are an old 

 man, a woman, a young miss, or a house- 

 wife who is unable to lift heavy weights, 

 with no brother, husband or son handy at 

 the time. If j^ou belong to any of these 

 classes you might appreciate a lifting-de- 

 vice, and at the same time something that 

 would carry a load from one part of the 

 yard to the other, or carry it to the honey- 

 house. 



The four illustrations herewith will ex- 

 plain the scheme. Perhaps you have a 

 wheelbarrow that has gone to pieces except 

 the wheel. If you happen to be handy 

 Avith tools you can make up a frame of hard 

 wood like that shown in the illustration. 

 The two side rails should be secured by the 

 cross-braces far enough from each other so 

 as to admit between the handles an ordinary 

 ten-frame hive-body, or, more exactly, any 

 standard hive that you may be using. 



To use, buck the wheelbarrow up against 

 tlie skyscraper so the two handles will come 

 astride the hive. Slip a wooden wedge be- 

 tween each of the side arms and the hive- 

 body and then hook the cross-brace across 

 the handles as shown in Fig. 1. With a hive- 

 tool loosen the two jjarts of the hive and 

 then lift up, as shown in Fig. 2. Swing it 

 around to one side as shown in Fig. 3, when 

 you will be free to do anything you please 

 with the lower part of the hive. The supers 

 in the mean time will be held high and dry 

 where they can not crush nor break the 

 frame bottoms. When the work is finished, 

 swing the two upper stories back to their 

 place. Push down on the handles, when 

 the barrow is free. 



You will observe in Fig. 4 that it is pos- 

 sible to use the same outfit as a wheelbar- 

 row to carry loads. 



While a strong man or a professional bee- 

 keeper might not need anything of this 

 sort, yet if he happens to have a weak 

 back he may find the outfit verv handv. 



H. H. Boot. 



(1) The handles of the wheelbarrow hive-lifter are slipped over lliu Mipurs, and tlie wedgos are put in 

 the hand holes. (2) As the handles are raised, they engage the wedges, and the sutlers are lifted off the 

 hive. (■)) The lifter, together with the supers, can then easily be moved where desired, thus giving 

 access to the l)ro<)dchanil)cr. (4) The wheelbarrow hive lifter used as an ordinary wheelbarrow for car 

 rying supers to and from I lie lioneyhouse. 



