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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



FIG. 2.— OUTSIDE VIKW ILLUSTUAXINU MK. 

 PLACING COLONIES ON A PLANK 



form is made with a plauk about IS iucht-s 

 wide. It rests about 4 iuohes from the cellar 

 wall: then you see the 2x4 joist on the back 

 edge of the platform. That is to raise the 

 back end of the hive two inches hi<rher than 

 the front end. 

 Then I set one 

 hive on the plat- 

 form and then lay 

 across the top of 

 the hive two 

 sticks 1x2 inches. 

 and as long as 



the hive is wide: 



next set another 



hive on top of 



these sticks: liut 



because the hives 



slant forward. 



you see I set the 



hives back a lit- 

 tle so as to keep 



the pile perpen- 

 dicular. Then you 



see by the sketch. 



Fig. X the mid- 

 dle platform is 



made just doul)lc 



width, so I make 



four tiers of hives 



four or five hives 



high and nine 



hives long, with 



N. D. WESTS METHOD OF 

 IN THE CELLAR. 



Sept. ].i 



two alleys, so I 

 can go "to anv 

 hive in the ccl- 

 lai-.'- 



••Mr. West. why 

 do you have your 

 hives slant "for- 

 ward"/ '■ 



••You see, my 

 b(jttom-lioardsare 

 fast to the hi\es 

 when I put them 

 in the cellar, and 

 this slant helps 

 the bees to rid 

 the hives of deail 

 bees: and if any 

 m()i>tnre should 

 accunnilate, the 

 water will run otf 

 at the entrance. 

 Mr. Jones, I fill 

 up this part of 

 the cellar under 

 the wing E, as 

 seen iu Fig. 1, 

 which holds 150 

 colonies or more: 

 then when this 

 apartment isprop- 

 eiiy filled with 

 bees, see Fig. ], 

 E, I hang up old 

 carpets to make 

 it dark. Then I 

 open all the en- 

 tranc-es to the 

 hives. Next I till 

 Then when all are 



the apartment G. Fig. 1. ^„_ .,,.,,, ,,,, ,,,^ 

 in, and the hives open, and the bees become 

 quiet, I remove the carpet partition and 

 leave the outside doors open day anil night 

 for some time: or, to tell it just as it is. with 



FIG. 4. — N. D. west's KESI 

 IDEAL BEE-CELLAK AND 



DENCE, SHOWING THE WING OVEK THE 

 THE VENTILATOR ON THE OTHER SIDE. 



