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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15 



was just one inch higher than the boards 

 that I laid on the trestle. This plank serves 

 for a back wall to hold the straw. 



Now remember that there is about one foot 

 of space between this plank and the back 

 end of the hives, and that there is an open 

 space between these boards just Ijaek of each 

 hive, so to make a floor without aay holes 

 big enough to leak straw. I lay boards back 

 of the hives across the ends of the boards 

 that are laid between the hives; the rest of 

 the work is done just like packing them in a 

 shed (see Gleanings, page 212), except, of 

 course, the roof. The straw is about one 

 foot deep on top of the hives. Then I laid a 

 large rail on top of the straw at the front 

 end, and a small rail on the back part of the 

 straw. I then covered it by laying long 

 boards across the top of the straw so the 

 water would run north; then I put heavy 

 weights on the boards to hold them to their 

 place. The roof must have plenty of slope. 

 I notice quite a number of bee-keepers have 

 their hives resting on trestles or scaffolds, 

 and I must say that 

 they are handy. 



When working 

 with your bees, in- 

 stead of setting 

 frames down on the 

 ground one can set 

 them on the trestle 

 and lean them up 

 against the hive; and 

 when winter comes 

 I can pack my bees 

 in straw without 

 moving them vei y 

 much. This way of 

 wintering is a cheap 

 one, and it has prov- 

 en to be safe. When 

 spring comes you 

 can take the l)oards 

 and stack them up, 

 carry the straw 

 away, then your 

 hives are out where 

 you can get at them. 

 My experience in 

 wintering is, three 

 winters without los- 

 ing a colony. 



Velpen, Ind. 



[The plan you 

 describe is all right; 

 but some expense 

 might be saved lay 

 using a top covering 

 of straw, laying it in 

 such a way as to 

 shed water. Perhaps 

 it woiald he well to 

 remark that the ar- 

 tist did not get the 

 2x6 pieces shown 

 correctly. As I un- 

 derstand it, they are 

 nailed flat against 

 the sides of the 



stakes, with edge reaching up to the top of 

 said btakes. — Eu.l 



AN ENTHUSIASTIC YOUNG BEE- 

 KEEPEK. 



Since my little son Henry attended the 

 bee-keepers' convention at Jenkintown he 

 has been an enthusiastic bee-man. He knows 

 his bees, and they seem to know him; and 

 as soon as he has saved enough money he is 

 going to subscribe for Gleanings. In the 

 mean time he is studying all the bee-books 

 he can get hold of in the public libraries. I 

 send you a picture of him which I took a 

 few days ago. Henry gets our whole family 

 interested in bees. H. C. Schneider, 

 German Lutheran Pastor. 



Roxboro, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 24. 



[Gleanings is always glad to encourage a 

 young bee-keeper like the one here shown. 

 We are, therefore, sending him Gleanings 

 one year, as a present. We will do this by 



henry SCHNEIDER, A YOUNG BEE ENTHUSIAST. 



