1078 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15 



A HOME-MADE CHAFF HIVE FOR 30 CTS. 



Something that Anybody Can Make. 



BY FRANK McGLADE. 



I had no bee-cellar and no place to build 

 one, and no money to do it with. I was los- 

 ing my bees every winter, so necessity com- 

 pelled me to do something or go out of the 

 business. I accordingly cast about in my 

 mind, and alighted on a plan which I put 

 into execution, with the result that I have 

 solved the wintering problem so far as I am 

 concerned. Here is the plan : 



and rest on the cleats. For the entrance I 

 cut off a 3-inch piece of one end of the box, 

 and turn it in at right angles, and nail. 

 This piece thus nailed fits against the front 

 end of the hive, just over the entrance. I 

 take off the super and cover, and put on a 

 piece of rag carpet, then pack the whole 

 thing with clover chaff as full as it will hold. 



For a cover I bought steel roofing, put up 

 100 feet in a roll. This I cut the proper 

 length, snipped the corners, and folded the 

 edge down. 



I looked into the paper roofing— Nepon- 

 sett, red rope, and paroid; and, while they 



FRANK M'GLADE'S HOME-MADE-CHAFF- HIVE APIARY. 



" Lion " coffee-boxes, found at all grocer- 

 ies, are just the right size to go over a 

 Dovetailed hive and leave a 3-inch space 

 around and on top. Take off the top and 

 bottom; place them together and nail two 

 cleats across. This I use for a bottom- 

 board to set the hive on. Cut enough off 

 from the edge so that the box will slip down 



are cheaper, I thought they would require a 

 frame to make them durable, and the met- 

 al would last as long, and require less work 

 to make, and are sure to stay on the hives. 

 I painted the outside with white lead, but 

 not the inside. I expected to have it to do 

 on account of moisture; but I find there is 

 no moisture. The clover chaff, and heat 



A HOME-MADE CHAFF HIVE MADE OUT OF DRY-GOODS BOXES. 



