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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



dation is supported while the section is turn- 

 ing this summer sault, it never lops over and 

 breaks out as is sometimes the case with 

 other fasteners in which there is no support 

 for the foundation while the section is being 

 brought to an upright position. 



Mr. R. L. Taylor has used the machine to 

 put foundation in about 2,000 sections and 

 he pronounces it a "Double Daisy." He 

 says it does the work easily and perfectly and 

 with comfort to the operator. 



Price of the machine, $1.00. 

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PBOTEOTION FOB BEES IN SPBING. 



Most of my readers know that I favor 

 taking the bees from the cellar quite early, 

 certainly as soon as the last of this month in 



shingles. First there is a frame or ring 

 made from cheap lumber sawed up to the 

 right lengths and then split up into pieces 

 two inches wide. These frames are about 

 four inches larger each way than the outside 

 of a hive. To the inside of a ring or frame 

 are nailed the shingles in an upright posi- 

 tion, the frame coming about the middle of 

 the lengthwise way of the shingles. A few 

 of the shingles at one end are cut three or 

 four inches short, their lower ends resting 

 upon a ''bridge" placed upon that part of 

 the bottom board that projects in front of 

 the hive. When this rim of shingles is 

 placed over or around a hive there is a space 

 of nearly two inches between it and the hive. 

 This space is filled with planer shavings. 



THE ' BEVIEW " APIABT IN THE SPBING. 



ordinary seasons, and then protecting them 

 for nearly two months. The advantages 

 have been given several times in the Review, 

 hence I will not use space in their repe- 

 tition, but instead I will describe a method 

 of packing that I adopted last spring with 

 pleasure and profit. 



One objection to spring packing is that of 

 the cost of the boxes or something to hold 

 the packing material in position. Those that 

 I used a year ago are certainly not open to 

 that objection. They are made of culled 



The hive is now all protected except the 

 top, and that is really the most important 

 point. To protect this I first removed the 

 cover and spread over the top a piece of oil 

 cloth. I the 2 put on a super filled with 

 planer shavings, the shavings being kept in 

 place by a sheet of heavy paper tacked to its 

 lower side. In some instances I tacked a 

 honey board to the bottom of the super, laid 

 apiece of "Review" paper on top of the 

 honey board, and then put the shavings on 

 top of that, and this arrangement worked 



