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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1 



The shook-swarm method will also accom- 

 plish the object: but with such large colonies 

 as we secure by this system it is very tedious, 

 and costs the loss of considerable honey. 



HIVE-LIFTING DEVICES. 



A Simple and Cheap Api)aratus. 



BY JOHN BAILEY. 



I enclose a sketch of a hive-lifter which I 

 use with great satisfaction in my apiary. It 

 is a great laljor-saving apparatus — away 

 ahead of lifting a hive off ' and setting it on 

 the ground to do the work with it that is 

 necessary. 



It is simple in construction, and i-an lie 

 made with ease by almost anybody. It is 

 made of two pieces of 1X3 pine and one 

 piece of 3x2 pine, all 10 ft. long, bolted to- 

 gether at the top with a 2X2 piece in the 

 center, which admits of its mcjving out or in 

 to regulate height, or for moving a hive liack 

 or forward. The two pieces of 1x2 are 

 strapped together by a piece of 1X2 above. 

 and beloAv a three-inch roller, as shown in the 

 sketch. The roller is aliout 3 ft. from the 

 ground, and Is 4 ft. long with two pieces of 

 i stuff rounded put through from opposite 

 sides to act as handles for turning the rol- 

 ler. A clevis hangs from the bolt at top. ami 

 on it is hooked a double-reef block and tack- 

 le, with the end of the rope securely fasten- 



ed to the roller. Use two-inch blocks and | 



rope. The gudgeons of the roller are f iron. 



Desiring to lift a hive, place the lifter over 



it to the height desired (regulate the height 



BAILEY S HIVE-LIFTING DEVICE. 



U. F. HOI.TKKMANN .S SLPEK-LIKTINCi DEVICE, 



by moving the 2x2 leg 

 in or out), and put a 

 piece of rope over the 

 hive under the hand- 

 holds and draw the 

 rope together on top. 

 Providing you have a 

 hive with either one or 

 two supers on, you fix 

 your rope with a loop 

 in one end big enough 

 to slip over the top of 

 the hive, and put a 

 hook on the other end, 

 and also one about the 

 center, between the 

 end and the loop. Put 

 the loop over the l)()t- 

 tom hive, then run the 

 other end over the top 

 of the siipers and hook 

 into the loop on the 

 other side. If you have 

 only one super, use the 

 middle hook: if two su- 

 tlers, use the end hook, 

 and so on. You can 

 put in as many hooks 

 as you like, according 

 to the numl»er of su- 

 pers on the hive. The 

 whole cost of the liivc- 

 lifter is from $2.(IU to 

 $8.00. Hook in vour 



