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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



HANDY WHEELBARROW FOR BEE-YARDS. 



Strong Testimony in Favor of the Hoffman 

 Frame. 



BY WARRINGTON SCOTT. 



My wheelbarrow is built wide enough to 

 hold two supers. The forward legs are 

 constructed with springs, allowing them to 

 slip over any obstacle they come in contact 

 with. They are to prevent the wheelbarrow 

 from upsetting, as I load on one side at a 

 time and carry from two to four supers at a 

 load, according to the weight of them. In 

 putting on empty supers I carry six at a load. 



The hive-tool shown is a scraper, used for 

 scraping burr- combs from the under side of 

 the honey-board or under cover, also clean- 

 ing any other part of the hive. I also have 

 another tool which I use for prying supers 

 apart and removing the follower from the 

 hives. 



I use the Hoffman frames. My follower 

 is i inch thick. There is a saw-cut nearly 

 to the center, | inch wide and § deep. The 

 above-mentioned tool has a hook at one end, 

 used for catching in this saw-cut and lifting 

 out the follower, which can be easily done 

 after removing the wedge. I keep my 

 frames wedged up tight at all times. I use 

 staple spacers in the bottom ends of the fol- 

 lower. 



I will add my testimony in favor of the 

 Hoffman frame. I have used them for ten 

 years, and prefer them to the ordinary 

 frame, as they are easier to handle, and are 

 always accurately spaced. I find far less 

 burr-combs with this frame than with the 

 ordinary frame, and they are always ready 

 to be moved over any kind of roads fit ta 

 move bees on. In the fall of the year all 

 that is needed is to screen the entrance, and 

 the hive is ready. The cover telescopes 

 down over the hive i inch, and rests on a 

 cleat which goes clear around the hive. 

 This makes a very tight cover. There is an 

 under cover next to the frames, leaving a 

 dead-air space, making shade-boards unnec- 

 essary. The outside cover is covered with 

 galvanized iron, supported by wood | thick. 

 The cleats, besides supporting the cover, 

 make, in my estimation, the very best hand- 

 hold that can be made. The above cover 

 needs no weights to hold them in place. 

 The stones shown in the photo were put on 

 for another purpose. The outside cover is 

 made J inch larger than the hive. You will 

 notice there are hand-holds in the cover, put 

 in with a wabbling-saw. The cover being J 

 inch larger than the hive, it allows the cover 

 to be removed with one hand. It can then be 

 thrown on the ground upside down, and the 

 super set on it while the hive is examined. 



Wools, Ont., Can. 



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SCOTT'S BEE-HIVE WHEELBARROW AND APIARY. 



